. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/30 
8 May 2008  
 (08-2176) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(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:   
 Trading partners.  
5. Title, language and number of pages 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: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
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 . G/SPS/N/HND/30 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
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, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, 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).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Blvd. José Cecilio del Valle Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial Edificio San José, cuarto piso 
Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Tel.: +(504) 235 3082/235 5047 Fax: +(504) 235 3082/235 5047 Web site: www.sic.gob.hn
 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Secretaría de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria 
Centro de Tegucigalpa Antiguo edificio BANMA Esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras Telefax: +(504) 237 2726/237 9404 
E-mail: regulacionhon@yahoo.com