. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/10 
19 April 2005 
 
 (05-1607) 
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:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of 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: 
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 050-Urbanización Corpac  Lima 27  Peru 
Tel: (+511) 513 6100 Ext. 8022 
Fax: (+511)  5136100   Ext. 8002 
E-mail: cochoa@mincetur.gob.pe
 
Web: www.mincetur.gob.pe 
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):    
1101000000 Wheat flour 
1901200000 Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares 
1902000000 Pasta, whether or not cooked or st uffed (with meat or other substances) or 
otherwise prepared, such as spaghe tti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, 
ravioli, cannelloni 
1902110000  Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs 
1902190000 Other 1902200000 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared  1902300000 Other pasta 
1905000000 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not 
containing cocoa;  communion wafers, empty cachets or a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products 
1905100000 Crispbread 1905200000 Gingerbread and the like 
1905310000 Sweet biscuits (containing added sweetening matter) 
1905320000 Waffles and wafers, whether or not stuffed 1905400000 Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products 1905900000 Other G/TBT/N/PER/10 
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 5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   "Regulation to Law 
No. 28314 providing for the fortification of wheat flour with micronutrients" (4 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This text regulates Law No. 28314 which provides for the 
micronutrient fortification of all domestically  produced, imported or donated wheat flour 
consumed in Peru. 
 It provides for new levels of fortification with iron, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin, 
as well as for the addition of folic acid to all wheat flour, in place of the levels established in 1996 and 1997 by Ministry of Health Suprem e Decree No. 004-96 and Ministry of Health 
Resolution No. 349-97. 
 It provides for the inclusion, on labels for packages of wheat flour and by-products, 
of statements concerning micronutrient fortification. 
 It specifies the Health Ministry bodies responsible for quality control of fortified 
wheat flour and nutritional surveillance as well as for enforcement of the regulation and the 
imposition of penalties against offenders. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Public Health 
8. Relevant documents:   Laws and regulations published in  the Official Journal "El Peruano" 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not indicated 
10. Final date for comments:   20 June 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ]  
Commission on Technical and Trade Regulations 
National Institute for the Defence of Competiti on and the Protection of Intellectual Property 
(INDECOPI) Calle La Prosa No. 138 
Lima 41 
Peru Tel: +(511) 224-7800 Fax: +(511) 224-0348; (511) 224-0347 E-mail:  amello@indecopi.gob.pe
 
or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-ma il and web-site addresses, if available of 
the other body:   
www.comunidadandina.org/sirt/RT/PE11010000P05104.pdf  
National Health Institute (INS) 
Calle Capac Yupanqui 1400  Jesús María  Lima  Peru 
Tel: 471-9920 
Fax: 471-7443 E-mail: jefatura@ins.gob.pe
, postmaster@ins.gob.pe  
Web: www.ins.gob.pe