G/SPS/N/MEX/329  
8 January  2018 
(18-0109) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
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) : Processed meat products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-213-
SSA1 -2017, Productos y servicios . Productos cárnicos procesados y los establecimientos 
dedicados a su proceso . Disposiciones y especificaciones sanitarias . Métodos de prueba  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-213-SSA1 -2017, Products and services . 
Processed meat products and meat processing establishments . Sanitary provisions and 
specifications . Test methods) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 20 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/MEX/18_0023_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
sanitary provisions and specifications to be met by processed meat products and meat 
processing establishments . It is binding throughout Mexican territory for natural and legal 
persons i nvolved in the processing or importation of meat products.  
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. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal  Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/MEX/329  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 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) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -086-SSA1 -1994, Bi enes y servicios . Alimentos y 
bebidas no alcohólicas con modificaciones en su composición . Especificaciones 
nutrimentales  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -086-SSA1 -1994: Goods and 
services . Foodstuffs and non -alcoholic beverages the composition of which has 
been modified . Nutritional specifications) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -092-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y servicios . Método para la 
cuenta de bacterias aerobias en placa  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -092-SSA1 -
1994: Goods and services . Plate count method for aerobic bacteria) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -117-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y Servicios . Método de 
Prueba para la determinación de cadmio, arsénico, plomo, estaño, cobre, fierro, 
zinc y mercurio en alimentos, agua potable y agua purificada por espectrometría 
de absorción atómica  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -117-SSA1 -1994: Goods and 
services . Test method for determining the presence of cadmium, arsenic, lead, tin, 
copper, iron, zinc or mercury in food, drinking water and purified water, using 
atomic absorption spectrometr y); 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -130-SSA1 -1995, Bienes y servicios . Alimentos 
envasados en recipientes de cierre hermético y sometidos a tratamiento térmico . 
Disposiciones y especificaciones sanitarias  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -130-
SSA1 -1995: Goods and services . Food packaged in hermetically sealed containers 
and heat -treated . Sanitary provisions and specifications) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -194-SSA1 -2004, Productos y servicios . 
Especificaciones sanitarias en los establecimientos dedicados al sacrifici o y faenado 
de animales para abasto, almacenamiento, transporte y expendio . Especificaciones 
sanitarias de productos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -194-SSA1 -2004: Goods 
and services . Sanitary specifications for establishments engaged in the slaughter 
and preparation of animals for the market and the storage, transport and retailing 
of the products thereof . Sanitary specifications for such products)  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -201-SSA1 -2015, Productos y servicios . Agua y hielo 
para consumo humano, envasados y a granel . Especificaciones sanitarias (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -201-SSA1 -2015: Products and services . Water and ice for 
human consumption, packaged and in bulk) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -210-SSA1 -2014, Productos y servicios . Métodos de 
prueba micr obiológicos . Determinación de microorganismos indicadores . 
Determinación de microorganismos patógenos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -
210-SSA1 -2013: Goods and services . Microbiological test methods . Determination 
of indicator micro -organisms . Determination of pathogenic micro -organisms) ; 
 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) .  
(Available in Spanish)  
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 ): This Standard will enter into force 180 calendar days after publication in 
the Official Journal.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 9 March 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification G/SPS/N/MEX/329  
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  Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Technically substantiated comments may be submitted in writing, in electronic form and in 
Spanish, to the National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Regulation and 
Promotion of Health ( Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Regulación y  
Fomento Sanitario ) at: Oklahoma número 14, planta baja Colonia Nápoles, código postal 
03810, Ciudad de México Tel. : 50805200, Ext. 1333 Email : rfs@cofepris.gob.mx  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco 6, Piso 2, Lomas de Tecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes, C.P. 53950  
Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
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=5508581&fecha=21/12/2017