WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/34 
23 February 2010 
 (10-0993) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad a través de su 
Departamento de Normalización  (Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems, 
Department of Standardization) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Ready-to-eat food products. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Anteproyecto de Norma NORDOM 67:32-020.  
Directrices sobre la Aplicación de Principios Generales de Higiene de los Alimentos para 
el Control de Listeria monocytógenes en los Alimentos (Proposed draft Dominican 
Standard (NORDOM) No. 67:32-020.  Guidelin es on the Application of General Principles 
of Food Hygiene to the Control of Listeria monocytogenes  in Foods) Language:  Spanish 
Number of pages:  22 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0762_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This proposed draft Standard provides the Government with 
advice on a framework for the control of L. monocytogenes  throughout the food chain, with 
a view to protecting the health of consumers a nd ensuring fair practices in food trade.  The 
primary purpose of these guidelines is to mini mize the likelihood of illness arising from the 
presence of L. monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods.  The guidelines also provide 
information that will be of interest to the food industry, consumers, and other interested 
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.  G/SPS/N/DOM/34 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CAC/RCP 1-1969, Rev. 4-2003:  General Principles of Food 
Hygiene. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] 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:  Unknown 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 April 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ms Ruth Montes de Oca S. 
Directora de la Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA) Ministerio de Agricultura 
Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y 
Fitosanitarias (CNMSF) Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC Calle 13, No. 4A, esq. Espiral, Urb. Fernández, Apartado Postal No. 10129 Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
Tel.: +(809) 227 6188;  +(809) 227 3164;  +(809) 547 1575 
Fax: +(809) 540 5943 E-mail: rmontesdeoca@otcasea.gob.do;  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com;  info@cnmsf.gob.do.Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/
; http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/   G/SPS/N/DOM/34 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Departamento de Normalización Avenida México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro, Edificio  Juan Pablo Duarte (El Huacal), Piso 11 
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
Tel.: +(809) 686 2205 Fax: +(809) 221 5613;  +(809) 688 3843 E-mail: direcciongeneral@digenor .gob.do;  digenor@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/