. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/51 
21 December 2007 
 (07-5715) 
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:  REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock) 
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:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.:  (+504) 231-0786 
Fax:  (+504) 239-1144 Web site: www.senasa.gob.hn 
 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):   Products of plant origin 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento para la 
Inspección e Inocuidad de Producto s y Subproductos de Origen Ve getal de la Secretaría de 
Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Regulation governing the 
inspection and safety of products and by-products of plant origin) (21 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The primary purpose of the notifie d Regulation is to protect public 
health by minimizing the risk of food-borne  diseases to consumers of unsanitary, noxious, 
improperly labelled or adulterated food.  It also seeks to contribute to economic 
development by maintaining consumer confid ence in the food system and establishing a 
solid regulatory framework for domestic and international trade in food by means of mechanisms to ensure implementation and enfo rcement of the law in all aspects pertaining 
to sanitary-hygienic inspection procedures in the growing areas, means of transport and 
marketing establishments for products and by-products of plant origin for domestic 
consumption, import and export. 
 The Regulation applies to all stages of the production of fresh and processed 
products and by-products of plant origin, fro m primary production to dispatch for sale. G/TBT/N/HND/51 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:   None 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }This Regulation will enter into force upon 
publication in the Diario Oficial La Gaceta  
(Official Journal). 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days 
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:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: (+504) 231-0786 Fax: (+504) 239-1144 
Web site: www.sag.gob.hn 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Producción y Consumo Departamento de Normalización y Metrología 
Edificio San José, 3er piso, Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: (+504) 235-5006  
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn  Web site: www.sic.gob.hn