G/TBT/N/MEX/425  
6 July 2018 
(18-4245) 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 Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food)  
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:  
Dirección General de Salud Animal del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad 
Agroaliment aria (Directorate -General of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food 
Health, Safety and Quality Service), Avenida Boulevard Adolfo Ruíz Cortines 5010, Colonia 
Insurgentes Cuicuilco, Delegación Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Código Postal 04530, or by 
email to: irma.vargas@senasica.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 provided in addition, where applicable) : Chemical, 
pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use or consumption  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -012-ZOO-1993, Especificaciones para la 
regulación de productos químicos, farmacéuticos, biológicos y alimenticios para uso en 
animales o consumo por estos  (Draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -012-
ZOO-1993, Specifications for the regulation of chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and 
food products for animal use or consumption) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Mexican Official Standard applies to establishments 
engaged in  the production, importation, exportation, processing, storage, distribution and 
marketing of products for animal use or consumption, including mobile facilities and all 
establishments that pose an animal health risk, in accordance with the Federal Law on 
Animal Health and the regulations thereto.  
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food shall be 
responsible for implementing and monitoring this Standard, through the National 
Agriculture and Food Health, Safety and Qualit y Service (SENASICA) and its Directorates -
General and Regional and State Representatives, within the scope of their respective 
powers and territories.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Stand ard is binding throughout national territory and establishes 
the production, storage, distribution, marketing, quality control and verification 
specifications to be met by products for animal use or consumption, in accordance with the 
Federal Law on Animal  Health and the regulations thereto.  G/TBT/N/MEX/425  
- 2 - 
  8. Relevant documents:  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de Medida , 
published in the Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002; 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -073-SSA1 -2015: Estabilidad  de fármacos y medicamentos, 
así como de remedios herbolarios , published in the Official Journal on 7 June 2 016; 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -130-SSA1 -1995, Bienes y servicios . Alimentos envasados 
en recipientes de cierre hermético y sometidos a tratamien to térmico . Disposiciones y 
especificaciones sanitarias , published in the Official Journal on 2 7 December 2 012; 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -060-ZOO-1999, Especificaciones zoosanitarias para la 
transformación de despojos animales y su empleo en la aliment ación animal , published in 
the Official Journal on 2 8 June 2 001; 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -064-ZOO-2000 " Lineamientos para la clasificación y 
prescripción de productos farmacéuticos veterinarios por el nivel de riesgo de sus 
ingredientes activos ", publ ished in the Official Journal on 2 7 January 2 003; 
ACUERDO por el que se modifica el diverso por el que se establece la clasificación y 
prescripción de los productos farmacéuticos .  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Standard will enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 25 August 2 018 
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 -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorat e-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=5529064&fecha=26/06/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_3436_00_s.pdf