. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/119 
4 March 2008 
 (08-0958) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología , CONACYT (National 
Science and Technology Council) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Ministerio de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales  (Directorate of Trade Treaty 
Administration) 
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe 
Plan Maestro, San Salvador 
Tel.: +(503) 2231-5788 Fax: +(503) 2231-5789 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Nixtamalized maize 
(corn) flour:  HS tariff heading 1102;  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO  67.03.02:08 
"Harinas.  Harina de Maíz Nixtam alizado (Primera actualización)"  (Salvadoran Mandatory 
Standard (NSO) No. 67.03.02:08:  Flours.  Nixtamalized maize (corn) flour (First revision) 
(8 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard covers the following: purpose, scope, 
definitions, specifications and characteristics, contaminants, hygiene, physical requirements, 
fortification, labelling, analysis and testing me thods, references, standards to be consulted, 
and monitoring and inspection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/119 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
- Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 01.08.02:97:  Sistema Internacional de 
Unidades  (International System of Units); 
- Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.01.33:06:  " Industrias de 
alimentos y bebidas procesadas. Buenas Pr ácticas de Manufactura.  Principios 
generales " (Processed food and beverage industr y.  Good Manufacturing Practices 
(GMPs).  General principles); 
- Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.10.01:03:  Norma General para el 
Etiquetado de Alimentos Preenva sados.  Primera Actualización  (General Standard on the 
labelling of pre-packaged foods.  First revision); 
- Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.10.02:99:  Directrices del Codex 
Alimentarius sobre Etiquetado Nutricional (Codex Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling); 
- Mexican Official Standard NOM-147-SSA1-1996:  Bienes y Servicios.  Cereales y sus 
productos.  Harinas de cereales, sémolas o sem olinas.  Alimentos a base de cereales, de 
semillas comestibles, harinas, sémolas o semo linas o sus mezclas.  Disposiciones y 
especificaciones sanitarias y nutrimentales  (Goods and Services.  Cereals and cereal 
products.  Cereal and semolina flours.  Food pr oduced from cereals, edible seeds, flour, 
semolina or mixtures thereof.  Health and nutritional provisions and specifications); 
- Codex Standard for Whole Maize (Corn) Meal :  CODEX STAN 154 – 1985 (Rev. 1 – 1995); 
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America a nd Panama (INCAP) document, Dr Omar Dary. 
March 2000; 
- Convenio de Concertación de Acciones suscrito por la Cámara de la Industria Harinera 
de México relativo a la fortificación de las har inas de trigo, maíz y maíz nixtamalizado. 
Plan Nacional de Desarrollo y el Programa de Reforma al Sector Salud  1995-2000 
(Cooperation agreement signed by the Mexi can Chamber for the Flour-Milling Industry 
on the fortification of wheat, maize and nixtamalized maize flours.  National 
Development Plan and Health Sector Reform Programme). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Six months as from the date of adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:    
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro, San Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2231-5788 
Fax: (+503) 2231-5789 
E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 
San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.:   +(503) 2234-8411 Fax:   +(503) 2225-6255 Web site: www.infoq.gob.sv