G/SPS/N/MEX/356  
31 August  2018 
(18-5436) 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 Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food)  
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 applic able): Chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal 
use or consumption  
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: 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 éstos  (Draft 
amendment to Mexi can Official Standard NOM -012-ZOO-1993, Specifications for the 
regulation of chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use or 
consumption). Language(s): Spanish Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/MEX/18_4654_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified Standard 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.  
The notif ied 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. Tuesday, 26 June 2018, Official Journal (Second Section)  
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 Quality Service (SENASICA) and its Directorates -
General and Regional and State Representatives, within the scope of their respective 
powers  and territories.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety,  [X] animal health,  [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MEX/356  
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  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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida , published in the Official Journal on 27 November 2002;  
 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 2016;  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -130-SSA1 -1995, Bienes y servicios. Alimentos 
envasados en recipientes de cierre hermético y sometidos a tratamiento térmico. 
Disposiciones y especificaciones sanitarias , published in the Official Journal on 
27 December 2012;  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -060-ZOO-1999, Especificaciones zoosanitarias para la 
transformación de des pojos animales y su empleo en la alimentación animal , published 
in the Official Journal on 28 June 2001;  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -064-ZOO-2000 " Lineamientos para la clasificación y 
prescripción de productos farmacéuticos veterinarios por el nivel de r iesgo de sus 
ingredientes activos ", published in the Official Journal on 27 January 2003;  
 ACUERDO por el que se modifica el diverso por el que se establece la clasificación y 
prescripción de los productos farmacéuticos veterinarios por el nivel de riesgo , 
published in the Official Journal on 5 March 2012.  
(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 ): To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 28 September 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENAS ICA (National 
Agriculture and Food Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
Comments may be emailed to irma.vargas@senasica.gob.mx  
Document available at: 
http://w ww.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5529064&fecha=26/06/2018  G/SPS/N/MEX/356  
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  13. Text(s) available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad  y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General 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  
Website: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5529064&fecha=26/06/2018