. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/DOM/144 
22 June 2012 
 (12-3319) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad , DIGENOR (Directorate-General of 
Standards and Quality Systems) Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Avenida México esquina Leopoldo Navarro 
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: (+1 809) 686-2205 Fax: (+1 809) 688-3843 E-mail: digenor@digenor.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do  
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:  - 
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.220.20 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NORDOM 14 
(4ta Revisión), Sal de calidad alimentaria.  Especificaciones (Dominican Standard 
(NORDOM) No. 14 (4th revision):  Food-grade salt.  Specifications). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard cove rs the following:  Purpose;  
Definitions;  Essential composition and quality factors;  Classification and description;  
Requirements;  Inspection and reception, Contam inants;  Hygiene;  Labelling;  Packaging, 
transportation and storage;  and Methods of analysis and sampling.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the requirements to be met by food -grade salt used as an ingredient of food and 
intended for direct sale to the consumer. G/TBT/N/DOM/144 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
1. ICAITI  34024, Sal de mesa  (Central American Institute  of Industrial Research and 
Technology (ICAITI) Standard No. 34024:  Table salt); 
2. ITINTEC  209.015, Sal para consumo doméstico  (Institute for Technological and 
Industrial Research and Technical Standards (ITINTEC) Standard No. 209.015:  Salt for domestic consumption), December 1974; 
3. Food health standards of the Pan Amer ican Health Organization, January 1968; 
4. Codex Standard for Food Grade Salt, CODEX STAN 150-1985 (Rev. 1-1997, 
Amended 1-1999); 
5. Norma Oficial para la Sal de Calidad Alimentaria  (Official Standard on 
food-grade salt), Ley (Law) No. 5292 of 9 August 1973, Costa Rica; 
6. "Salt is not just salt:  considerable di fferences exist", Niman, S., Cereal Foods 
World, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 809-811; 
7. Lange's Handbook of Ch emistry, McGraw-Hill. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   20 August 2012 
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: 
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Edificio de Oficinas Gubernamentale s "Juan Pablo Duarte", piso 11 
Avenida México esquina Leopoldo Navarro 
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana Tel.: (+1 809) 686-2205 Fax: (+1 809) 688-3843 E-mail: cendocdigenor@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do