G/TBT/N/MEX/433  
12 October 2018  
(18-6316) Page: 1/3 
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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización Agroalimentaria  de la SAGARPA  (National 
Advisory Commit tee on Agrifood Standardization of the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food)  
Dirección General de Normalización Agroalimentaria  (Directorate -General for Agrifood 
Standardization)  
Avenida Municipio Libre No. 377 piso 4 Ala A, Colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac  
Delegación Benito Juárez, en la Ciudad de México, C.P. 03310  
Email: luciano.vidal@sagarpa.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) : Artisanal 
sea salt . HS code 250100.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-005-SAGARPA -2018, Sal de mar artesanal - 
Especificaciones mínimas de calidad agroalimentaria (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-005-SAGARPA -2018: Artisanal sea salt - Minimum specifications for agrifood  
quality) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to artisanal 
sea salt that comes from salt farms with traditional layouts, is obtained using non -
industrial means and is used as an ingredien t in foods . It is binding throughout Mexican 
territory on natural and legal persons engaged in the extraction and preparation of such 
salt or in its packaging, labelling and marketing.  
This draft Mexican Official Standard does not apply to sea salt that has been subjected to 
any type of industrial processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To establish agrifood quality specifications for the extraction and preparation 
of artisanal sea salt that is us ed as an ingredient in foods.  G/TBT/N/MEX/433  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Mexican Official Standard  NOM-040-SSA1 -1993: Bienes y servicios . Sal yodada y sal 
yodada fluorurada . Especificaciones sanitarias, published on 1 3 March 1 995. 
Mexican Official Standard  NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010: Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas pre -envasados -Información comercial 
y sanitaria, published in the Official Journal on 5 April 2 010. 
Mexican Official Standard  NOM-251-SSA1 -2009: Prácticas de higiene para el proceso de 
alimentos, bebidas o suplementos alimenticios, published in the Official Journal on 1 
March 2010.  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -210-SSA1 -2014: Productos y servicios. Métodos de 
prueba microbiológicos. Determinación d e microorganismos indicadores. Determinación 
de microorganismos patógenos , published in the Official Journal on 26 June 2015.  
Mexican Official Standard  NOM-113-SSA1 -1994: Bienes y servicios método para la cuenta 
de microorganismos coliformes totales en pla ca, published on 25 August 1995.  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -116-SSA1 -1994: Bienes y servicios. Determinación de 
humedad en alimentos por tratamiento térmico. Método por arena o gasa , published in 
the Official Journal on 10 August 1995.  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -117-SSA1 -1994: Bienes y servicios. Método de prueba 
para la determinación de cadmio, arsénico, plomo, estaño, cobre, fierro, zinc y mercurio 
en alimentos, agua potable y agua purificada por espectrometría de absorción atómica , 
published in the  Official Journal on 16 August 1995.  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -210-SSA1 -2014: Productos y servicios. Métodos de 
prueba microbiológicos. Determinación de microorganismos indicadores. Determinación 
de microorganismos patógenos , published in the Official Journal on 26 June 2015.  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -111-SSA1 -1994: Bienes y servicios. Método para la 
cuenta de mohos y levaduras en alimentos , published in the Official Journal on 13 
September 1995.  
Mexican Standard NMX -K-369-1972: Método de prueba para la determinación de la 
granulometría en materiales pulverulentos o granulados , published in the Official Journal 
on 22 June 1972.  
Acuerdo por el que se determinan los aditivos y coadyuvantes en alimentos, bebidas y 
suplementos alimenticios, su uso y d isposiciones sanitarias , published in the Official 
Journal on 16 July 2012.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 7 December 2 018 G/TBT/N/MEX/433  
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  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 for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -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-norma s 
Email:  
normasomc@economia.gob.mx , sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx , 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text ava ilable at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5540270&fecha=08/10/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_5278_00_s.pdf