G/TBT/N/MEX/298  
 
25 January 2016  
(16-0492)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  MEXICO 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización Agroalimentaria  (National Advisory 
Committee on Agri-Food Standardization) Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food) 
Avenida Municipio Libre No. 377, piso 4, ala A  
Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac Delegación Benito Juarez 
México D.F., C.P. 03310  
Email: jesus.zamora@sagarpa.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  Agave syrup 
(HS tariff subheading 1702.60) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-003-SAGARPA-2015 relativa a las características de 
sanidad, calidad, inocuidad, trazabilidad, etiquetado y evaluación de la conformidad del jarabe de agave  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-003-SAGARPA-2015 on the 
health, quality, safety, traceability, labelling and conformity assessment requirements for 
agave syrup) (45 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  From a geographical viewpoint, the notified draft Mexican Official 
Standard is mandatory throughout the United Mexican States and in any country where a sovereign decision is made to adopt it, within the framework of the rules and conventions 
governing international law. 
It is applicable, where appropriate and in accordance with the provisions set forth therein, 
to all natural or legal persons engaged in activities relating to the production, preparation, processing (in-bond or otherwise), distribution , marketing, supply, advertising, importation 
or storage of agave syrup, and/or in any ot her form of industrial, assessment-related or 
commercial activity pertaining to this product. 
Regarding its material scope, the notified text covers the health, quality, safety, traceability 
and labelling requirements, permitted designat ions and conformity assessment procedures, 
including inspection and control mechanisms, for products corresponding to the following description: Aqueous solution, of a viscous consistency, with a high concentration of 
carbohydrates, purified, and characterized by a sweet taste produced through hydrolysis 
from agave-derived fructans. G/TBT/N/MEX/298 
 
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  Such products must be identified using the designations set forth in this draft Mexican 
Official Standard. 
Any products, even where not consistent with the above description, that allude to the 
product in question, whether through information provided to consumers in general or 
through advertising of any sort, regardless of  medium, or through text, dialogue, sounds, 
images, marks or other descriptions that lead or may lead consumers to believe that such 
products are agave syrups, will also be covere d by the scope of this draft Mexican Official 
Standard and thus evaluated in accordance therewith, and may be considered in violation of this Standard's provisions where not in conformity with the parameters, characteristics, 
controls, processes and requirements provided for in this mandatory technical regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To establish the specifications, the health, quality, safety, traceability and 
labelling requirements, the permitted desi gnations, and the conformity assessment 
procedures, including inspection and control mechanisms, for agave syrup. 
8. Relevant documents:   
 Ley de Productos Orgánicos  (Law on Organic Products), published in the Mexican Official 
Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) on 7 February 2006. 
 Reglamento de la Ley de Productos Orgánicos  (Implementing regulations for the Law on 
Organic Products), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 1 April 2010. 
 Acuerdo por el que se determinan los aditivos y coadyuvantes en alimentos, bebidas y 
suplementos alimenticios, su uso y disposiciones sanitarias  (Agreement establishing the 
additives and processing aids used in food, beverages and food supplements, the use 
thereof and health provisions), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 16 July 2012. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-030-SCFI-2006, Información comercial - Declaración de 
cantidad en la etiqueta. Especificaciones  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-030-SCFI-
2006: Trade information - Quantity declarations  on labels. Specifications), published in 
the Mexican Official Journal on 6 November 2006. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados - Información comercial y sanitaria  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: General 
specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - 
Commercial and health information), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 5 April 2010. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-210-SSA1-2014, Productos y servicios. Métodos de 
prueba microbiológicos. Determinación de microorganismos indicadores. Determinación de microorganismos patógenos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-210-SSA1-2014: Goods 
and services. Microbiological test methods. Determination of indicator microorganisms. 
Determination of pathogenic microorganisms), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 26 June 2015.  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-218-SSA1-2011, Productos y servicios. Bebidas 
saborizadas no alcohólicas, sus congelados, productos concentrados para prepararlas y 
bebidas adicionadas con cafeína. Especificaciones y disposiciones sanitarias. Métodos de prueba  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-218-SSA1-2011: Goods and services. Non-
alcoholic flavoured beverages, whether or not frozen, concentrated products for the 
preparation thereof, and beverages containing  added caffeine. Sanitary specifications 
and provisions. Test methods), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
10 February 2012. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-251-SSA1-2009, Prácticas de higiene para el proceso de 
alimentos, bebidas o suplementos alimenticios  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-251-
SSA1-2009: Hygiene practices for the processing of foods, drinks and dietary 
supplements), published in the Mexica n Official Journal on 1 March 2010. 
 Norma Mexicana NMX-F-607-NORMEX-2013, Alimentos. Determinación de Cenizas en 
Alimentos. Método de Prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX-F-607-NORMEX-2013: Food. G/TBT/N/MEX/298 
 
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  Determination of ash in food. Test method). Notice of entry into force published in the 
Mexican Official Journal on 8 August 2013.  
 Norma Mexicana NMX-F-317-NORMEX-2013, Alimentos. Determinación de pH en 
Alimentos y Bebidas no alcohólicas. Método de Prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX-F-317-
NORMEX-2013: Food. Determination of pH of food and non-alcoholic beverages. Test 
method). Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
8 August 2013. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force: - 
10. Final date for comments:  60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43244 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx   
Website:  
http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144   
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5420774&fecha=21/12/2015   
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