G/TBT/N/MEX/412  
12 June 2018 
(18-3626) Page: 1/2 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone 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 de la Secretaría de Economía  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy), Av . Puente de 
Tecamachalco No. 6, Col . Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez, 
C.P. 53950, Estado de México ; Tel.: 52 29 61 00, Ext. 43247 and 43241 ; Fax: 55209715 ; 
Email: cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  and rebeca.rodriguez@economia.gob.mx . 
Technically substantiated comments may be submitted in writing, in electronic form and in 
Spanish.  
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 provided in addition, where applicable) : Digital, 
automatic grain moisture meters  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-226-SCFI-2018,  Instrumentos de medición -
Determinación del contenido de humedad en granos -Especificaciones y método de prueba  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-226-SCFI-2018, Measuring instruments - 
Determination of moisture content of grain - Specifications and test method) (8 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : This draft standard specifies technical and metrological 
requirements for meters directly used in trade i n grain and the test methods that they 
must successfully undergo before being used in commercial transactions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The purpose of this draft Mexican Official Standard is to establish 
requirements and specifications for measuring instruments (meters) for determining the 
moisture content of grain marketed in national territory.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida  (General system of units of measurement), published in the Official Journal 
on 27 November  2002. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -FF-034-SCFI-1995, Productos alimenticios no 
industrializados -Cereales -Maíz (Zea mays L.) -Especificaciones y Métodos de prueba  G/TBT/N/MEX/412  
- 2 - 
  (Non-industrialized food products - Cereals - Corn ( Zea mays  L.) - Specifications 
and test methods), notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 
11 August  1995. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -FF-034/1 -SCFI-2002, Productos alimenticios no 
industrializa dos para consumo humano - Cereales -Parte I : Maíz blanco para 
proceso alcalino para tortillas de maíz y productos de maíz nixtamalizado -
Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Non-industrialized food products for human 
consumption - Cereals - Part 1: White co rn for alkaline process of corn tortillas and 
nixtamalized corn products - Specifications and test methods), notice of entry into 
force published in the Official Journal on 2 2 May 2002. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -FF-119-SCFI-2015, Maíz - Medición del contenido  de 
humedad (en granos molidos y en granos enteros) (Maize - Determination of 
moisture content (milled grains and whole grains)), notice of entry into force 
published in the Official Journal on 8 May 2015. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -Y-111-SCFI-2010, Alimentos pa ra animales -Muestreo de 
alimentos balanceados e ingredientes mayores  (Animal feed - Sampling of finished 
feeds and major ingredients), notice of entry into force published in the Official 
Journal on 1 4 March  2011. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be deter mined  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 5 August  2018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretaria t of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  / sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  / 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
 
Text available from:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5525256&fecha=06/06/2018  
 
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