G/TBT/N/MEX/260  
8 May 2013  
(13-2444)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normaliz ación de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Regulation and Promotion of Health), 
Oklahoma número 14, planta baja, colonia Nápoles, código postal 03810, México, D.F. Tel.: (+52) 55 5080-5200, Ext. 1333 
Fax: (+52) 55 5511-1499 
E-mail: rfs@cofepris.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.cofepris.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): 
Microbiological test methods (International Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 07.100.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-210-SSA1- 2013, Productos y servicios. Métodos de 
prueba microbiológicos. Determinación de microorganismos indicadores. Determinación de microorganismos patógenos y toxinas microbianas  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-210-SSA1-2013: Products and services. Microbiological test 
methods. Determination of indicator microorganisms. Determination of pathogenic microorganisms and microbial toxins) (87 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  
The notified text establishes general and alternative test methods for determining 
the presence of the following microbial and pathogenic indicators in food and water 
for human use and consumption, which are not covered by a specific product standard: Salmonella  spp., Staphylococcus aureus , Listeria monocytogenes , 
Enterococcus , coliforms, and Escherichia coli . 
It is binding throughout Mexican territory on natural and legal persons that apply 
the above-mentioned methods to food for domestic consumption or imported food.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health and process control. G/TBT/N/MEX/260 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- International Standard ISO 16649-3. Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs. Horizontal method for the enumeration of beta-glucuronidase-positive 
Escherichia coli . Part 3: Detection and most probable number technique 
using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-glucuronide. First edition (2005); 
- International Standard ISO 7899-2. Water quality. Detection and enumeration 
of intestinal enterococci. Part 2: Membrane filtration method (04-2000); 
- International Standard ISO 8199. Water quality. General guidance on the 
enumeration of microorganisms by culture (06-2005); 
- International Standard ISO 11290. Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs. Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration 
of Listeria monocytogenes . Part 1: Detection method. First edition (1996); 
- International Standard ISO 6888. Microbiology. General guidance for enumeration 
of Staphylococcus aureus . Colony count technique. First edition (05-1983); 
- International Standard ISO 6579. Microbiology of food and animal 
feedingstuffs. Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella  spp. 
4th edition (2002); 
- NMX-EC-17025-IMNC-2006. Requisitos generales para la competencia de los 
laboratorios de ensayo y de calibración  (General requirements for the competence 
of testing and calibration laboratories). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 
180 days after the publication of the final Mexican Official Standard in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 4 July 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail 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. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas " 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2013&month=05&day=06  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/MEX/13_1821_00_s.pdf