WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/35 
23 February 2010 
 (10-0996) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad a través de su 
Departamento de Normalización  (Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems, 
Department of Standardization) 
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):  Low-acid food products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Anteproyecto de Norma NORDOM 67:32-021.  Código 
de Prácticas de Higiene para Alimento s poco Ácidos Elaborados y Envasados 
Asépticamente (Proposed draft Dominican Standard (NORDOM) No. 67:32-021.  Code of 
Hygienic Practice for Aseptically Pro cessed and Packaged Low-Acid Foods) 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  35 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0763_00_s.pdf   
6. Description of content:  The notified code of practice is concerned with the aseptic 
processing and packaging of low-acid foods.  It  does not apply to foods in hermetically 
sealed containers processed using conventional canning procedures or to those that require 
refrigeration for their preservation;  nor does it apply to acid or acidified low-acid products.  The proposed draft Standard describes the hygiene requirements pertaining to 
production/harvesting areas, physical facilities, pr ocessing, storage and transportation.  It 
also defines the specifications for end products. 
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) CAC/RCP 23-1979.  Recommended International Code of 
Hygienic Practice for Low and Acidif ied Low Acid Canned Foods/CAC/RCP 
23-1979, Appendix III:  References fo r Tear-Down Evaluation of a Double G/SPS/N/DOM/35 
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    Seam/CAC/RCP 23-1979, Appendix IV:  Guidelines for the Salvage of Canned 
Foods Exposed to Adverse Conditions  / CAC/RCP 23-1979, Appendix V:  
Guideline Procedures to Establish Microbiological Causes of Spoilage in Low-Acid and Acidified Low-Acid Canned Foods. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] 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:  Unknown 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Unknown 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 April 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ms Ruth Montes de Oca S. 
Directora de la Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA) Ministerio de Agricultura 
Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y 
Fitosanitarias (CNMSF) Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC Calle 13, No. 4A, esq. Espiral, Urb. Fernández, Apartado Postal No. 10129 Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
 
Tel.: +(809) 227 6188;  +(809) 227 3164;  +(809) 547 1575 Fax: +(809) 540 5943 E-mail: rmontesdeoca@otcasea.gob.do;  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com;  info@cnmsf.gob.do.Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/
; http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/   G/SPS/N/DOM/35 
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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:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Departamento de Normalización Avenida México, esq. Leopoldo Navarro, Edificio  Juan Pablo Duarte (El Huacal), Piso 11 
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
 Tel.: +(809) 686 2205 Fax: +(809) 221 5613;  +(809) 688 3843 E-mail: direcciongeneral@digenor .gob.do;  digenor@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/