. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/55 
7 March 2008 
 (08-1015) 
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:  HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Industria y Comercio , SIC (Ministry of Industry and 
Trade) 
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:  
Dirección General de Integraci ón Económica y Política Comercial  (Directorate-General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Policy) Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 4to piso 
Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: (+504) 235-5047/235-3082 E-mail: pcomercial@sic.gob.hn Web site: www.sic.gob.hn 
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.050 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 67.04.50:08: 
Alimentos.  Criterios microbiológicos  para la inocuidad de los alimentos (Central American 
Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08:   Food products.  Microbiological criteria 
for food safety) (34 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Regulation seeks to establish the microbiological 
parameters and permissible limits for the re gistration and sanitary surveillance of food 
products.   The provisions of this Regulation apply to  all food products marketed in Central 
American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/HND/55 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 977/96, Official Journal of 13 May 1997:  Reglamento 
Sanitario de los Alimentos  (Food Health Regulations);  
Argentine Regulation, Section V:  De los criterios microbiológicos  (Microbiological 
criteria);  
CAC/GL 21-1997:  Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological 
Criteria for Foods ; 
CAC/STAN 192-1995, Rev. 5 (2004):  
General Standard for Food Additives .  Appendix B to 
CAC/MISC 6-2001:  List of Codex Advisory Spec ifications for Food Additives ; 
International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF).  Micro-
Organisms in Foods 2:  Sampling for Microbiological Analysis:  Principles and Specific 
Applications .  Second Edition;  
MERCOSUR Technical Regulation (Argentina, Br azil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela);  
Normas Microbiológicas por Alimentos de España (Spanish microbiological standards for 
food).  Grupo de alimentos de la Soc iedad Española de Microbiología  (Working Group on 
Food of the Spanish Microbiological Society). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of 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:  
Secretaria de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria 
Centro de Tegucigalpa antiguo edificio BANMA esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis Tegucigalpa 
Telefax: + (504) 237-9404/237-2726 
E-mail: regulacionhon@yahoo.com  Secretaria de Industria y Comercio Dirección General de Producción y Consumo 
Departamento de Normalización   
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 3er piso Tegucigalpa Telefax: + (504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn 
Web site: www.sic.gob.hn