. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SLV/66 
5 July 2005 
 
 (05-2916) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología  (National Science and 
Technology Council) - CONACYT 
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):  Ripened cheese (HS tariff heading 0406)  
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:  NSO 67.01.03:05:  
Estándares de Calidad.  Quesos Madurados.  Es pecificaciones.  Primera Actualización  
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.01.03:05:  Quality Standards.  Ripened 
Cheese.  Specifications.  First Revision) (6 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Standard establishes the characteristics of and specifications 
for ripened cheese. 
 It covers the following: Purpose, Scope , Definitions, Classification, Raw and other 
materials, Specifications and characteristics, Food additives, Sampling, Testing and analysis 
methods for microbiological parameters, Packaging and labelling, Monitoring and 
inspection.  
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:  
- CODEX STAN A-6, Rev. 1999, amended 2003; 
- Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) No. 67.01.14:05:  Norma General del Codex 
para el Queso.  Especificaciones   (Codex General Standard for Cheese.  Specifications); 
- Tecnología de la Leche (Technology of milk), Aurelio Revilla, IICA, San José, Costa 
Rica, 1985.  G/SPS/N/SLV/66 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in Spanish  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days as from the date of notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months as from the date of adoption  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of this notification  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe 
Plan Maestro, San Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2231-5788 Fax: (+503) 2231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if 
available, of other body: 
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr. Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr. Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2226-2800 
Fax: (+503) 2225-6255 Web site: www.conacyt.gob.sv