. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/URY/2 
25 October 2006 
 (06-5127) 
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:   URUGUAY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud Pública  (Ministry of Public Health) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):   Wheat flour and foods 
prepared with wheat flour.  Exceptions:  wheat bran and mixtures of wheat bran with flour, 
wheat flour or food with wheat flour intended for export, food with wheat flour for 
medicinal use, food given unpleasant charact eristics or whose shelf life has been 
excessively reduced through the addi tion of these essential nutrients. 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Decree No. 130/006 
(9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Decree determines that wheat flour to be sold directly to 
consumers or for industrial use must be enrich ed with iron and folic acid.  Enriched wheat 
flour must also be used to prepare food produc ts.  The exceptions mentioned in section 4 of 
this notification are also covered.  In prepar ing these regulations, the recommendations laid 
down in the guideline CAC/GL 09-1987 (Amended in 1989, 1991) "GENERAL 
PRINCIPLES FOR ADDITION OF NUTRIENTS TO FOODS" of the Codex Alimentarius have been used as a reference. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human health. 
 1. Establishment of preventive measure s to lessen the prevalence of iron 
deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia.  The anthropometric clinical study 
of food and haematological patterns of a sample of children from 
six months to two years established statistically confirmed a prevalence of 62.8 per cent with iron deficiency (of which 59 per cent of the cases were serious) and 53.8 per cent with anaemia. G/TBT/N/URY/2 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
(cont'd) 
 2. Preventive measure to diminish the prevalence of malformation of the 
neural tube, a pathology that affect s 50 new born babies annually out of a 
birth rate of some 50,000 annually.  
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 130/006 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   4 May 2006 
10. Final date for comments:  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Punto Focal de la República Oriental de Uruguay 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores 
Dirección de Organismos Económicos Internacionales Colonia 1206, Montevideo Tel: (598 2) 902 10 10 (Int:  2220-2222) Fax: (598 2) 901 74 13 
E-mail:  dioe42@mrree.gub.uy 
Text available on the web site:  h ttp://www.msp.gub.uy/categoría_9_1_1.html