. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/62 
28 June 2005 
 (05-2775) 
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  (National Science and 
Technology Council) - CONACYT 
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) 231-5788 
Fax:  (+503) 231-5789 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [  X ], 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): 
 Royal jelly (International Classificati on for Standards (ICS) code 67.180) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   NSO 67.38.03:05 
Jalea Real.  Especificaciones  (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.38.03:05 
Royal Jelly.  Specifications) (7 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Standard covers the follo wing:  Purpose, Scope, Definitions, 
Abbreviations and symbols, Classification and designation, Requirements, Sensory 
characteristics, Physico-chemical characteristi cs, Additives, inhibitors and adulterants, 
Hygiene, Microbiological criteria, Sampling, Sample handling, Methods of analysis, Labelling, Appendix, Reference docum ents, Monitoring and inspection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Lay down rules governing the quality requirements for royal jelly for human 
consumption marketed in and imported to El Salvador. G/TBT/N/SLV/62 
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 8. Relevant documents: 
− Mexican Standard NMX-FF_104-SCFI-2004:  Productos alimenticios no 
industrializado para consum o humano - Jalea - Espec ificaciones y Métodos de 
Prueba  (Non-industrialized food products for human consumption - Jelly - 
Specifications and test methods); 
− Brazilian technical regulation on establishing the identity and quality of royal jelly; 
− Tesis de la Universidad de El Salvador, Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Propuesta 
de métodos analíticos para de terminar la calidad de la jalea real producida por la 
abeja (Apis mellifera) y comercializada en El Salvador  (Thesis submitted to the 
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of El Salvador on Proposed 
analytical methods for determining the quality of royal jelly produced by bees ( Apis 
mellifera ) and marketed in El Salvador); 
− Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.10.01:03:  Etiquetado General para 
Alimentos Preenvasados.  Primera Actualización  (General labelling of pre-
packaged foods.  First revision); 
− Salvadoran Mandatory Standa rd (NSO) No. 67.10.02:99:  Directrices del Codex 
Alimentarius sobre Etiquetado Nutricional  (Codex Alimentarius Guidelines on 
Nutrition Labelling); 
− Salvadoran Recommended Standard
 (NSR) No. 67.00.241:02:  Código de Prácticas 
de Principios Generales de Higiene de los Alimentos  (Code of practice:  General 
principles of food hygiene); 
− Codex Alimentarius, FAO/WHO, Sampling Plans for Pre-packaged Foods , 
CAC/RM 42-1969, Volumen XIII. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   60 days as from the date of notification 
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 ],  
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) 231-5788 Fax: (+503) 231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 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) 226-2800 Fax:  (+503) 225-6255 
Web site: www.conacyt.gob.sv