. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MEX/217 
17 June 2009  
 (09-2968) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Salud (Ministry of Health) 
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):  Cereals and cereal and semolina flours and mixtures thereof.  Bakery 
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:  PROY-NOM-247-SSA1-2005, Productos y servicios.  
Cereales y sus productos.  Cereales, harinas de cereales, sémolas o semolinas.  Alimentos 
a base de:  cereales, semillas comestibles, de harinas, sémolas o semolinas o sus mezclas.  Productos de panificación.  Disposicione
s y especificaciones sanitarias y nutrimentales.  
Métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-247-SSA1-2005:  
Goods and services.  Cereals and cereal products .  Cereals and cereal and semolina flours.  
Foods prepared from cereals, edible seeds, fl our, semolina or mixtures thereof.  Bakery 
products.  Health and nutritional provisi ons and specifications.  Test methods) 
Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  112 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnat tachments/2009/sps/MEX/09_1896_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Mexican Official Standard is binding throughout 
Mexican territory on natural and legal persons  engaged in the processing or importation of 
the covered products for consumption in Mexico. 
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. 
The notified draft Mexican Official Standa rd establishes the health provisions and 
specifications governing the transport and stor age of cereals for human consumption, cereal 
and semolina flours, foods prepared from cereal s, edible seeds, flour, semolina or mixtures 
thereof, and bakery products.  The Standard is binding throughout Mexican territory on 
natural and legal persons enga ged in the processing or importation of the covered products 
for consumption in Mexico.  This Standard does not apply to cereal-b ased foods for infants and young children. G/SPS/N/MEX/217 
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  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) Codex Standard for Wheat Flour :  Codex Stan 152-1985 
(Rev. 1-1995) 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM N°)  
[ ] 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:  Diario Oficial 
de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 2 June 2008.  Available in Spanish at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication of the final version of this 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normal ización de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario 
Monterrey número 33, planta baja, Colonia Roma, código postal 06700, México, D.F. 
Tel.: 50 80 52 00, ext. 1131 
E-mail: rfs@salud.gob.mx  
Website: http://portal.salud.gob.mx/  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy 
Tel.: +(52 55) 5729-9300, Ext. 43217 Fax: +(52 55) 5520-9715 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx Website: http://www.dof.gob.mx