G/SPS/N/HND/49  
5 March 2013  
(13-1202)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: HONDURAS 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Frozen chicken 
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: Procedimiento para determinar la pérdida de fluidos 
en pollo congelado (Procedure for determining fluid loss from frozen chicken) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 4 
6. Description of content: Provisions governing the margin of tolerance in respect of the 
fluid loss permitted for frozen chic ken in the Republic of Honduras. 
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 st andard? 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 number)  
[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:  
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. G/SPS/N/HND/49 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 May 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial 
Secretaria de Industria y Comercio Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 3
er piso, Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: (+504) 2235-3078 / 2235-5047 E-mail: yulissa_santos@yahoo.com  
 gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn/dgiepc  
N.B.: The text can be found under "instrumentos jurídicos/notificaciones de Honduras a la 
OMC". 
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Centro de Información 
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 3
er piso, Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: (+504) 2235-3078 / (+504) 2235-5047 
E-mail: gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
 roger.pineda@yahoo.com  
 
Dirección General de Protección al Consumidor 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 2
do piso, Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: (+504) 2235-5006 / (+504) 2235-4078 E-mail: rufino_osorto@yahoo.com.mx  
Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn/dgiepc  
N.B.: The text can be found under "instrumentos jurídicos/notificaciones de Honduras a la 
OMC".