. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/HND/68 
5 April 2011 
 (11-1700) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Industry and Trade) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Integraci ón Económica y Política Comercial  
(Directorate-General of Economic Integration and Trade Policy) 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 3er piso 
Fax: +(504) 235-3082/235-5047 E-mail: wduque@sic.gob.hn
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.120 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  RTCA 65.05.52:11 
Productos utilizados en alimentación animal y establecimientos.  Requisitos de registro 
sanitario y control  (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 65.05.52:11:  
"Products used in animal feeding stuffs and establishments handling such products.  
Sanitary registration and control requirements") (23 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified text establishes sanitary registration and control 
requirements for: 
(a) Products used in animal feeding stuffs;  and 
(b) Establishments that produce, market, rep ackage or store products used in animal 
feeding stuffs. 
It applies to products used in animal feeding stuffs and establishments that produce, market, 
repackage or store such products in Central American countries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health G/TBT/N/HND/68 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) 
- Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) - United States Department of Agricultu re (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection 
 Service (FSIS) 
- Guidelines for products used in anim al feeding stuffs, Food and Agriculture 
 Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 
- Codex Alimentarius - United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) 
- Feed Additive Compendium, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
- European Economic Community Directives - National list of veterinary drugs that have  been approved for use in feeding stuffs 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enqui ry point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers, e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG) 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO República de Honduras Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) Tel..: +(504) 231 07 86 
Fax: +(504) 239 11 44 
Website: http://www.senasa-sag.gob.hn/
;  http://www.sag.gob.hn/  
 Secretaría de Industria y Comercio Dirección General de Protección al Consumidor Departamento de Normalización 
Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle 
Edificio San José, 2do piso Fax: +(504) 235-5006 E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn