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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MEX/213 
15 August 2007 
 (07-3437) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganade ría, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación, SAGARPA  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and 
Food) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Meat 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Trading 
partners of Mexico  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Modificación a la Norma 
Oficial Mexicana NOM-009-ZOO-1994, Proceso sanitario de la carne (Amendment to 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-009-ZOO-1994, Sanitary procedures for meat) (2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  Amendment to the section on labelling in Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-009-ZOO-1994, "Sanitary procedures for meat", which is currently in force and mandatory throughout Mexican territory.  The purpose of this Standard is to establish the 
procedures to be followed by slaughterhouses and establishments engaged in the industrial 
production, processing, packing and cold storage of meat products and by-products for human 
consumption, with a view to obtaining products of  optimum hygienic-sanitary quality.  The text 
is applicable to all slaughterhouses, as well as to cold-storage plants, packing plants and 
industrial processing plants for meat products and by-products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] 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:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [  ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 
[  ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Diario Oficial de la 
Federación  (Official Journal) of 31 July 2007.  Available in Spanish at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx . 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable. G/SPS/N/MEX/213 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2007 
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable. 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] National notification authority, 
[ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or 
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. 43221 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 Web site: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/
 
E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx