. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/PER/38 
13 July 2011 
 (11-3483) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) 
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:   Ministerio de 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR  (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
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):   2501.00.10.00:  Table 
salt 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico para la Fortificación de la Sal para Consumo Humano con Yodo y 
Fluor  (Draft Technical Regulation on the fortifi cation of salt for human consumption with 
iodine and fluoride). 
6. Description of content:   The aim of the notified Technical Regulation is to ensure an 
adequate intake of fluoride and iodine by the Peruvian people through the consumption of 
salt which is sufficiently fortified and do es not present a risk to consumer health. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the nutritional, sanitary quality and safety requirements to be met by salt for human consumption.  
To establish the hygiene and sanitary requ irements and conditions to be met by 
establishments engaged in the manufacture, st orage, transport and marketing of salt for 
human consumption. 
To establish sanitary surveillance and contro l mechanisms which ensure that the salt 
consumed by the Peruvian people is fortified and safe. 
To establish mechanisms geared  towards health care, individual and collective nutrition and 
epidemiological surveillance and control which en sure that the consumption of fortified salt 
prevents iodine deficiency diseases and the risk of fluoride deficiency in the population, in 
particular the most vulnerable people or those suffering from nutritional deficiencies. G/TBT/N/PER/38 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
WHO/PAHO/CEPIS/02.77 (2002):  Guidelines fo r Drinking Water Quality Standards in 
Developing Countries; 
Codex Alimentarius, CODEX STAN 150-1985,  Rev. 1-1997.  Amend. 1-1999, 
Amend 2-2001. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
Six months after publication in the Official 
Journal El Peruano  
10. Final date for comments:   3 October 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Websites: 
http://www.comunidadandina.org/SIRT  
http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/reglamentostecnicos  
http://www.minsa.gob.pe/  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/PER/11_2193_00_s.pdf  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, MINCETUR Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50, Urb. Corpac Lima 27, Perú 
Tel.: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8022 
Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 E-mail: otc@mincetur.gob.pe