. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/40 
25 January 2011 
 (11-0395) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaria 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):  International Classification for Standard s (ICS) code 67.040:  Pre-packaged 
foods 
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:  RTCA 67.01.02:10, Etiquetado General de los Alimentos 
Previamente Envasados (Preenvasados) (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.01.02:10:  "General labelling of pre-packaged foods") Language:  Spanish  
Number of pages:  17 
6. Description of content:  The aim of the notified Technical Regulation is to establish the 
labelling requirements for pre-packaged foods fo r human consumption.  It applies to the 
labelling of all pre-packaged foods to be offered as such to the consumer or for catering 
purposes and which are marketed within the Cent ral American area.  It does not apply to 
fermented or distilled alcoholic beverages. 
Note:  The labelling of pre-packaged fresh f oods is to be governed by the internal 
provisions of each State Party. 
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)  
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/HND/40 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:   The notified 
Technical Regulation is an adaptati on of CODEX STAN 1-1985 (Rev. 1-1991 and 
amended by the 23rd, 24th, 26th and 28th Sessions, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005):  CODEX 
General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) : 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  26 March 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Salud 
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria Centro de Tegucigalpa 
Antiguo edificio BANMA 
Esquina opuesta a Farmacia Regis Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras Fax: +(504) 237-9404 and 237-2726 E-mail: normativorshn@yahoo.com 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
Dirección General de Protección al Consumidor Departamento de Normalización Boulevard José Cecilio del Valle Edificio San José, 2do piso Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras 
Fax: +(504) 235-5006 
E-mail: normalizacion@sic.gob.hn Website: http://www.sic.gob.hn