G/SPS/N/NIC/102  
19 February  2018 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Salud, Dirección de Regulación de Alimentos  (Ministry 
of Health, Directorate of Food Regulation)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): ICS number: 67.100.01  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: NTON 03 107 - 17/RTCA 67.04.75:17 Productos 
Lácteos . Quesos Madurados.  Especif icaciones  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard 
(NTON) No. 03 107 - 17/Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.75:17: 
Dairy products. Matured cheese. Specifications) Language(s): Spanish Number of 
pages:  7 
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the specifications to 
be met by matured cheese, as defined in Section 4 (Definitions) thereof.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection,   
[ ] protect humans from animal /plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international stand ard? 
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/NIC/102  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 RTCA 67.01.33:06 Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados.  Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura.  Principios Generales (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.01.33:06: Processed food and beverage industry. Good Manufacturing Practices 
(GMPs). General principles) (current version);  
 RTCA 67.04.50:08 Alimento s. Criterios Microbiológicos para la Inocuidad de Alimentos  
(Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08: Food products. 
Microbiological criteria for food safety) (current version);  
 RTCA 67.04.54:10 Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas. Aditivos  Alimentarios (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.54:10: Processed foods and 
beverages. Food additives) (current version);  
 RTCA 67.01.07:10 Etiquetado General de los Alimentos previamente envasados 
(preenvasados)  (Central American Techn ical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.01.07:10: 
General labelling of pre -packaged foods) (current version);  
 RTCA 67.01.60:10 Etiquetado nutricional de productos alimenticios preenvasados para 
consumo humano para la población a partir de tres años de edad  (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.01.60:10: Nutrition labelling of pre -packaged 
foods for human consumption intended for adults and children of over three years of 
age) (current version);  
 CODEX STAN 234 -1999. Recommended methods of analysis and sampling, and 
amendments thereto;  
 RTCA 67.04.65:12 Uso de Términos Lecheros  (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 67.04.65:12: Use of dairy terms) (current version);  
 RTCA 67.04.70:14 Productos Lácteos . Quesos.  Especificaciones (Central American  
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.70:14: Milk products. Cheese. Specifications) 
(current version).  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or  ( dd/mm/yy ): 20 April 2018  
Agency  or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1310  
Email:  notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
 normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx  G/SPS/N/NIC/102  
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  13. Text(s) available from: [ ]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax numbe r and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1310  
Email:  notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
 normalizacion@mific.gob.ni  
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc/snn/ntcpub/ntoncpub.aspx