G/SPS/N/NIC/83  
10 March 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: NICARAGUA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Salud , MINSA (Ministry of Health) 
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): International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.100.01 
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: RTCA 67.04.70:14 Productos Lácteos . Quesos. 
Especificaciones  (Central American Technical Regu lation (RTCA) No. 67.04.70:14: Milk 
products. Cheese. Specifications) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 8 
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the general 
specifications to be met by cheese, as defined in Section 4 thereof, for direct human consumption or further processing. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) CODEX STAN 283-1978: Codex general standard for 
cheese 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[X] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/NIC/83 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
 RTCA 67.01.33:06. Industria de alimentos y bebidas procesados. Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura. Principios Generales  (RTCA No. 67.01.33:06: Processed food and 
beverage industry. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). General principles); 
 RTCA 67.04.50:08. Alimentos. Criterios Microb iológicos para la Inocuidad de Alimentos  
(RTCA No. 67.04.50:08: Foods. Microbiological criteria for food safety); 
 RTCA.67.04.54:10. Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados. Aditivos Alimentarios  (RTCA 
67.04.54:10: Processed foods and beverages. Food additives); 
 RTCA 67.01.02:10. Etiquetado general de los alimentos previamente envasados 
(preenvasados)  (RTCA No. 67.01.02:10: General labelling of pre-packaged foods); 
 RTCA 67.04.60:10. Etiquetado nutricional de productos alimenticios preenvasados para 
consumo humano para la población a partir de tres años de edad  (RTCA 67.04.60:10: 
Nutrition labelling of pre-packaged foods for human consumption intended for adults and children over three years of age); 
 CODEX STAN 234-1999: Recommended methods of analysis and sampling; 
 RTCA 67.04.65:12. Uso de términos lecheros  (RTCA 67.04.65:12: Use of dairy terms). 
 
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: [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 May 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Tel.: (+505) 2 248-9300, Ext. 2230 or 2276 Email: nsolano@mific.gob.ni  
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni 
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal 
Kilómetro 3½ carretera a Masaya Managua, Nicaragua 
Tel.: (+505) 2 270-1089 
Fax: (+505) 2 278-5042 Email: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni  G/SPS/N/NIC/83 
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obst áculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Tel.: (+505) 2 248-9300, Ext. 2230 or 2276 
Email: nsolano@mific.gob.ni  
 imartinez@mific.gob.ni 
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal 
Kilómetro 3½ carretera a Masaya 
Managua, Nicaragua Tel.: (+505) 2 270-1089 
Fax: (+505) 2 278-5042 
Email: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni  
Website: 
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