G/TBT/N/PAN/110  
20 July 2020 
(20-4968) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Departamento de Protección de Alimentos (Food Protection Department)  
Address : Antiguo Hospital Gorgas, detrás del Instituto Oncológico, Ancón  Oncológico  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 512 -9200 
Email: jrtorres@minsa.gob.pa  
Website : https://www.minsa.gob.pa  
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:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Techn ology)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 / (+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5966  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: https://www.mici.gob.pa/normalizacion -tecnica/consulta -publica  
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) : ICS 
67.100.20  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : RTCA 
67.04.77:20 Productos lácteos . Mantequilla . Especificaciones (Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.77:20 : Milk products . Butter. Specifications) (5 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Central American Technical Regulation establishes 
the specifications to be met by butter, a s defined in Article 4 thereof.  
It applies to butter for direct human consumption or further processing in the territory of 
the States Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human life and health  G/TBT/N/PAN/110  
- 2 - 
  8. Relevant documents:  
• RTCA Uso de Términos Lecheros  (current version).  
• RTCA Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos para la inocuidad de Alimentos  (current 
version).  
• RTCA Etiquetado General de los Alimentos Previamente Envasados 
(Preenvasados)  (current version).  
• RTCA Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas . Aditivos Alimentario s (current version).  
• RTCA Etiquetado Nutricional de Productos Alimenticios Preenvasados para 
Consumo Humano para la Población a partir de 3 Años de Edad  (current version).  
• RTCA Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados . Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura . Principios Generales  (current version).  
• CODEX S TAN 234 -1999: Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determine d 
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3 er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 / (+507) 560 -0600, Ext. 5966  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: https://www.mici.gob.pa/normalizacion -tecnica/consulta -publica  
https://members.wto.org/crnatta chments/2020/TBT/PAN/20_4301_00_s.pdf