G/TBT/N/MEX/390  
6 February  2018 
(18-0812) 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 Economía (Ministry of the Economy), 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 de la S ecretaría de Economía   
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)  
Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6, Col . Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, 
Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México, Tel. : 5729 9100,  
Ext.: 43220 and 43241, Fax : 5520 9715, Email: daniel.gonzalezs@economia.gob.mx  and 
rebeca.rodriguez@economia.gob.mx  or Comité Consultivo Nacional de No rmalización 
Agroalimentaria  (National Advisory Committee on Agri -Food Standardization) , Avenida 
Municipio Libre número 377, Piso 4 Ala B, colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac, Delegación Benito 
Juárez, Ciudad de México, código postal 03310, Email: juan.linares@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) : Yoghurt, 
national tariff heading : 04031001  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-181-SCFI/SAGARPA -2017, "Yogurt -Denominación, 
especificaciones fisicoqu ímicas y microbiológicas, información comercial y métodos de 
prueba"  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-181-SCFI/SAGARPA -2017, "Yoghurt - 
Designations, physiochemical and microbiological specifications, commercial information 
and test methods") (8 p ages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to yoghurt 
marketed within the territory of the United Mexican States . It establishes the designations, 
physiochemical and microbiological specifications, a nd commercial information for yoghurt.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard designations, physiochemical and 
microbiological specifications, and commercial infor mation for yoghurt, and the test 
methods to be applied in order to check such specifications.  G/TBT/N/MEX/390  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-002-SCFI-2011, Productos preenvasados -Contenido neto -Tolerancias y 
métodos de verificación  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -002-SCFI-2011, "Pre -
packaged products - Net content - Tolerances and verification methods"), 
published in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) of 1 0 August 2 012. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida  (Mexi can Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of 
measurement), published in the Official Journal of 2 7 November 2 002. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -030-SCFI-2006, Información comercial - Declaración 
de cantidad en la etiqueta . Especificacio nes (Mexican Official Standard NOM -030-
SCFI-2006: Trade information - Quantity declarations on labels . Specifications), 
published in the Mexican Official Journal of 6 November 2 006. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados - Información 
comercial y sanitaria  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010: 
General specifications for the labelling of pre -packaged food and non -alcoholic 
beverages - Commercial and health information), published in the Official Journal 
of 5 April 2 010. 
 NOM-086-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y Servicios . Alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas con 
modificaciones en su composición . Especificaciones nutrimentales  (Mexican Official 
Standar d NOM -086-SSA1 -1994: Goods and services . Foodstuffs and non -alcoholic 
beverages the composition of which has been modified . Nutritional specifications), 
published in the Official Journal of 2 6 June 1 996. 
 NOM-155-SCFI-2012, Leche - Denominaciones, especific aciones fisicoquímicas, 
información comercial y métodos de prueba  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -155-
SCFI-2012: Milk - Descriptions, physicochemical specifications, commercial 
information and test methods), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
3 May 2012. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -243-SSA1 -2010, Productos y servicios . Leche, 
fórmula láctea, producto lácteo combinado y derivados lácteos . Disposiciones y 
especificaciones sanitarias . Métodos de prueba  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -
243-SSA1 -2010: Goods and services . Milk, milk formula, combined dairy products 
and dairy byproducts . Health provisions and specifications . Test methods), 
published in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 7 September 2 010. 
 NMX-F-703-COFOCALEC -2012, Sistema Producto Leche -Alime ntos-Lácteos -Leche y 
Producto Lácteo (o Alimento Lácteo) -Fermentado o Acidificado -Denominaciones, 
Especificaciones y Métodos de Prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX -F-703-COFOCALEC -
2012: Milk product system - Food - Dairy - Milk and milk products (or milk food 
products) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 
20 March  2014. 
 NMX-F-490-1999-NORMEX, Alimentos -Aceites y grasas -Determinación de la 
composición de ácidos grasos a partir de C6 por cromatografía de gases (Mexican 
Standard NMX -F-490-1999-NORMEX : Food - Oils and fats - Determination of fatty 
acid composition as from C6 by gas chromatography) Notice of entry into force 
published in the Official Journal on 2 March 1 999. 
 Acuerdo por el que se determinan los aditivos y coadyuvantes en a limentos, 
bebidas y suplementos alimenticios, su uso y disposiciones sanitarias (Agreement 
establishing the additives and processing aids used in food, beverages and food 
supplements, the use thereof and health provisions), issued by the Ministry of 
Health ), published in the Official Journal of 1 6 July 2 012, and subsequent reforms 
thereof . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official 
Journal as a final standard.  G/TBT/N/MEX/390  
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  10. Final date for comments : 2 March 2 018 
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 of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate 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-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5511978&fecha=0 1/02/2018  
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