. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/127 
24 February 2009 
 
 (09-0947) 
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 [ ], 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):   Pasta:  International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Anteproyecto de 
norma NSO 67.03.03:09, Pastas A limenticias.  Especificaciones (Proposed draft 
Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.03 .03:09:  Pasta.  Specifications) (10 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Standard covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Description;  Raw mate rials and additives;  Requirements;  General 
requirements;  Organoleptic requirements;  Physical and chemical requirements;  
Microbiological characteristics;  Fortification with vitamins and minerals;  Food additives;  
Sampling;  Sampling procedure;  Testing me thods;  Packing, packaging and labelling;  
Storage and transport;  Monitoring and inspection;   Appendix;  Standards to be consulted;  
Consistency and bibli ography;  Annex A. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/127 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Codex Alimentarius Commission CAC/GL 09-1987:  General Principles for the 
Addition of Essential Nutrients to Foods  (Amended 1989, 1991); 
- Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.01.33:06:  Industria de 
Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados.  Buenas Pr ácticas de Manufacturas.  Principios 
Generales (Processed food and beverage industr y.  Good Manufacturing Practices 
(GMPs).  General principles); 
- Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.10.01:03:  Etiquetado general para 
alimentos preenvasados, Primea actualización (General labelling of pre-packaged 
foods.  First revision); 
- Salvadoran Mandatory Sta ndard (NSO) No. 67.10.02:99, Directrices  del Codex 
Alimentarius sobre Etiquetado Nutricional  (Codex guidelines on nutrition labelling); 
- Venezuelan Commission for Industrial St andards (COVENIN) Standard No. 283-83:  
Pastas alimenticias, 1ª Revisión (Pasta.  First revision); 
- Canadian Standard 32-GP-16M:  Pasta Products, Macaroni , Spaghettini, Spaghetti, 
Vermicelli, Lasagna, Noodles .  November 1979; 
- Food and Drug Administration, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 139:  Macaroni and 
Noodle Products , 2005, USA; 
- Hummel, Charles, Macaroni Products , Food Trade Press Ltd., London, 1950. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  60 days as from the date of this notification 
Six months as from the date of adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of this 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 Edificio C-2, Tercer Nivel 
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 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-ma il and website addresses, if available, of 
other body: 
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) 2234-8400 and 2234-8430 
Fax: (+503) 2225-6255 Website: www.conacyt.gob.sv