WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CRI/100 
10 February 2011 
 (11-0669) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  International Classification for Standards (ICS) Code 67.050 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  RTCA 67.04.54:10, Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas.  
Aditivos Alimentarios  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.54:10:  
Processed foods and beverages.  Food additives) Language:  Spanish Number of 
pages:  388 
Full text available online in Spanish at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_0381_00_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_0381_01_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_0381_02_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_0381_03_s.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CRI/11_0381_04_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the food additives 
and maximum levels thereof permitted in the di fferent types of food marketed within the 
Central American area. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CODEX STAN 192-1995 (Rev.6-2005):  General Standard for 
Food Additives 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  G/SPS/N/CRI/100 
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   [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
• List of fragrance and flavour materials, Flavour and Extract Manufacturers 
Association (FEMA); 
• US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 21, Food Chemical Codex; 
• Toxicological monographs and reports of  the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee 
on Food Additives (JECFA); 
• Reglamento Tecnico Centroamericano  (Central American Technical Regulation) 
RTCA No. 67.04.48:07:  Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados.  Nectares de Fruta.  
Especificaciones  (Processed foods and beverages.  Fruit nectars.  Specifications); 
• Central American Technical Regul ation (RTCA) No. 67.01.15:06:  Harinas.  
Harina de trigo fortificada.  Especificaciones (Flour.  Fortified wheat flour.  
Specifications); 
• Central American Technical Regul ation (RTCA) No. 67.04.40:07:  Alimentos y 
Bebidas Procesados.  Grasas y Aceites.  Especificaciones  (Processed foods and 
beverages.  Fats and oils.  Specifications); 
• CODEX STAN 192-1995 (Rev.6-2005):  Gene ral Standard for Food Additives; 
• Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
16 December 2008 on food additives. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  11 April 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   G/SPS/N/CRI/100 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (SFE) Centro de Información y Notificación en  Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias 
Apartado Postal 10094-1000 
San José, Costa Rica Tel: +(506) 2549-3454 Fax: +(506) 2549-3599 E-mail: notificaciones@sfe.go.cr 
Website: http://www.sfe.go.cr