. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/20 
3 December 2007 
 (07-5322) 
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:  Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock) 
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):  Milk, milk products and milk by-products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 All countries which export milk, milk pr oducts and milk by-products to Honduras  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Reglamento para la 
Inspección y Certificación Sanitaria de la Leche y los Productos Lácteos  (Regulation 
governing the sanitary inspection and certification of milk and milk products) (34 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The main purpose of the notified Regulation is to implement, 
monitor and enforce the legislation governing all sanitary-hygienic inspection and technological procedures relating to milk and milk products for domestic consumption or 
export in the establishments engaged in  producing and processing such products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,  
[ X ] 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,  [ X ] 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:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Regulation governing 
the sanitary inspection and certification of milk and milk products  (29 pages, in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in the 
Diario Oficial La Gaceta  (Official Journal). G/SPS/N/HND/20 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in 
the Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Website: www.sag.gob.hn  
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 
Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Web site: www.senasa.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 Agricultura y Ganadería 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
República de Honduras 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Web  site: www.sag.gob.hn