G/TBT/N/HND/89  
20 June 2017 
(17-3279) 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 : HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico , SDE (Secretariat for Economic 
Development)  
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 f rom above:  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
Edificio San José, 3er piso  
Fax: (+504) 2235 -8383 or 2235-5047 
Email: villafranca.carmen@gmail.com  or gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
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) : 
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.100.01  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento 
Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.04.72:17 Productos lácteos . Quesos no madurados, 
incluido el queso fresco . Especificaciones  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.04.72:17 : Dairy products . Unripened cheese, including fresh cheese . Specifications) 
(7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Te chnical Regulation establishes the specifications to 
be met by unripened cheese, including fresh cheese, i.e. cheese that is ready for 
consumption immediately or shortly after manufacture . The Regulation applies to 
unripened cheese, including fresh cheese,  intended for direct human consumption or 
further processing in the territory of the States Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Health protection  G/TBT/N/HND/89  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 RTCA Industria de alimento s y bebidas procesados . Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura . Principios Generales  (Processed food and beverage industry . Good 
Manufacturing Practices . General principles) (current version);  
 RTCA  Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos para la inocuidad de Aliment os (Food 
products . Microbiological criteria for food safety) (current version);  
 RTCA Alimentos y bebidas procesadas . Aditivos Alimentarios  (Processed foods and 
beverages . Food additives) (current version);  
 RTCA Etiquetado general de los alimentos previamen te envasados (preenvasados)  
(General labelling of pre -packaged foods) (current version);  
 RTCA Etiquetado nutricional de productos alimenticios preenvasados para consumo 
humano para la población a partir de 3 años de edad  (Nutrition labelling of pre -
package d foods for human consumption intended for adults and children over three 
years of age) (current version);  
 CODEX STAN 234 -1999: Recommended methods of analysis and sampling;  
 RTCA de uso de términos lecheros  (Use of dairy terms) (current version);  
 RTCA Productos lácteos . Quesos . Especificaciones  (Dairy products . Cheese . 
Specifications) (current version).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of  notification.  
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 Desarrollo Económico  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Polític a Comercial  
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle  
Edificio San José, 3er piso  
Fax: (+504) 2235 -5047 or 2235 -8383 
Email: gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  or villafranca.carmen@g mail.com  
 
Secretaría de Salud  
Dirección General de Normalización  
Centro de Tegucigalpa  
Antiguo edificio BANMA,  
esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis  
Fax: (+504) 2237 -3174 or 2237 -4343 
Email: ssregulacion@gmail.com