G/TBT/N/MEX/391  
6 February  2018 
(18-0813) 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 /Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, 
Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentació n (Ministry of the Economy/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 : 5 520 9715, Email:  daniel.gonzalezs@economia.gob.mx  and 
rebeca.rodriguez@economia.gob.mx , or the National Advisory Committe e on Agri -Food 
Standardization located a t Avenida Municipio Libre número 377, Piso 4 Ala B, colonia Santa 
Cruz Atoyac, Delegación Benito Juárez, Mexico City, postal code 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) : Milk powder 
or dried milk 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Draft Mexican 
Official Standar d PROY -NOM-222-SCFI/SAGARPA -2017, Leche en polvo o leche 
deshidratada -Materia prima -Especificaciones, información comercial y métodos de prueba  
(Milk powder or dried milk - Raw material - Specifications, commercial information and test 
methods) (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Applies to the different types of "milk powder or dried milk" 
marketed as a raw material within the ter ritory of the United Mexican States.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Establishes the characteristics of the product referred to in this document, 
namely milk powder or dried milk, marketed as a raw mat erial within the territory of the 
United Mexican States, as well as the physicochemical specifications, commercial 
information and test methods.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -002-SCFI-2011, Productos preenvasados - 
Contenido neto - Tolerancias y métodos de verificación  (Pre-packaged products - 
Net content - Tolerances and verification methods), published in the Official Journal 
on 10 August 2 012. G/TBT/N/MEX/391  
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   Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida (General system of units of measurement), published in the Official Journal 
on 27 November 2 002. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -155-SCFI-2012, Leche - Denominaciones, 
especificaciones fisicoquímicas, información comercial y métodos de prueba  (Milk - 
Designations, physicochemical specifications, commercial information and test 
methods), published in the Official Journal on 3 May 2 012. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -243-SSA1 -2010, Productos y servicios  (Products 
and services) . Leche, fórmula láctea, pro ducto lácteo combinado y derivados 
lácteos  (Milk, milk formula, combined dairy products and dairy byproducts) . 
Disposiciones y especificaciones sanitarias  (Sanitary provisions and specifications) . 
Métodos de prueba  (Test methods) . Published in the Official  Journal on 
27 September 2 010, and the amendment thereto published in the Official Journal 
on 26 December 2 012. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -251-SSA1 -2009: Prácticas de higiene para el 
proceso de alimentos, bebidas o suplementos alimenticios  (Hygiene prac tices for 
the processing of foods, drinks and dietary supplements) . Published in the Official 
Journal on 1 March 2 010. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -F-204-1986, Alimentos -Lácteos - Determinación de 
partículas quemadas en la leche en polvo  (Foods - Dairy products - Testing for 
scorched particles in milk powder) . Notice of entry into force published in the 
Official Journal on 1 4 July 1 986. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -F-490-1999-NORMEX , Alimentos -Aceites y grasas -
Determinación de la composición de ácidos grasos a partir de  C6 por cromatografía 
de gases  (Food - Oil and fats - Determination of the composition of fatty acids by 
C6+ gas chromotography ). Notice of entry into force published in the Official 
Journal on 2 March 1 999. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -F-734-COFOCALEC -2009, Sistema  producto leche -
Alimentos -Lácteos - Determinación del índice de insolubilidad en leche en polvo y 
productos de leche en polvo  (Milk product system - Dairy foods - Determination of 
the insolubility index of milk powder and milk powder products) . Notice of en try 
into force published in the Official Journal on 2 0 November 2 009. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -F-744-COFOCALEC -2011, Sistema Producto Leche -
Alimentos -Lácteos -Determinación de grasa butírica en leche en polvo y productos 
de leche en polvo -Método de prueba gravimétrico (Método de referencia)  (Milk 
product system - Dairy foods - Testing for butter fat in milk powder and milk 
powder products - Gravimetric test method (reference method)) . Notice of entry 
into force published in the Official Journal on 1 6 June 2 011. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17025 -IMNC -2006: Requisitos generales para la 
competencia de los laboratorios de ensayo y de calibración  (General requirements 
for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) . Notice of entry into 
force published in  the Official Journal on 2 4 July 2 006. 
 Acuerdo por el que se determinan los aditivos y coadyuvantes en alimentos, 
bebidas y suplementos alimenticios, su uso y disposiciones sanitarias  (Agreement 
establishing the additives and proc essing aids in food, bever ages and food 
supplements, the use thereof and health provisions), issued by the Ministry of 
Health . Published in the Official Journal on 1 6 July 2 012, and subsequent 
amendments thereto.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not decided  
Proposed date of entry into force : 365 calendar days after its publication in the Official 
Journal as a final standard  
10. Final date for comments : 2 April 2 018 G/TBT/N/MEX/391  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website add resses, 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  and sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5511979&fecha=01/02/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_0730_00_s.p df