G/SPS/N/HND/50  
28 February 2014  
(14-1266)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: HONDURAS 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Salud (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 Regulation (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 lays down the general 
requirements to be met by cheese, as defined in Section 4 thereof. It applies to cheese for direct human consumption or further processing in the territory of the States Parties. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
This Technical Regulation is a partial adoption of CODEX STAN 283-1978: "Codex General 
Standard for Cheese". G/SPS/N/HND/50 
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  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. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 April 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria 
Centro de Tegucigalpa 
Antiguo edificio BANMA Esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis 
Fax: +504 2237-9404/2237-2726 
Email: geralfaro2000@yahoo.com  Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial 
Secretaria de Industria y Comercio 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 3
er piso 
Tegucigalpa 
Fax: +504 2235-3078/2235-5047 Email: yulissa_santos@yahoo.com 
 gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com 
Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn/dgiepc  
N.B.: The text can be found under "instrumentos jurídicos/notificaciones de Honduras 
a la OMC".