. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/118 
4 March 2008 
 (08-0957) 
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 web site 
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 [   ], 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):   Food products: 
International Classifi cation for Standards (ICS) code 67.050 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   NSO RTCA 
67.04.50:08: Alimentos. Criterios microbiológicos para la inocuidad de los alimentos  
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO)/Cent ral American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.04.50:08:  Food products.  Microbiological criteria for food safety) (34 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to establish the microbiological 
parameters and permissible limits for the re gistration and sanitary surveillance of food 
products. 
  The provisions of this Regulation apply to  all food products marketed in Central 
American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/118 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
Decree No. 977/96, D. Of. 13.05.97:  Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos  (Food Health 
Regulations);  
Argentine Regulation, Section V:  De los criterios microbiológicos  (Microbiological 
criteria);  
CAC/GL 21-1997:  Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological 
Criteria for Foods ; 
CAC/STAN 192-1995, Rev. 5 (2004):  
General Standard for Food Additives .  Appendix B to 
CAC/MISC 6-2001:  List of Codex Advisory Spec ifications for Food Additives ; 
International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF).  Micro-
Organisms in Foods 2:  Sampling for Microbiological Analysis:  Principles and Specific 
Applications .  Second Edition;  
MERCOSUR Technical Regulation (Argentina, Br azil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela);  
Normas Microbiológicas por Alimentos de España (Spanish microbiological standards for 
food).  Grupo de alimentos de la Soc iedad Española de Microbiología  (Working Group on 
Food of the Spanish Microbiological Society). 
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 web site add resses, 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
 
Further information: Evelyn Castillo 
Tel.: 2235-4191 or 2234-8430 
E-mail: ecastillo@conacyt.gob.sv