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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SLV/68 
12 July 2005 
 
 (05-3088) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología - CONACYT  (National 
Science and Technology Council)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Margarine (HS tariff heading 1517)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NSO 67.23.02:05:  
Margarina.   Especificaciones  (Salvadoran Mandatory Standa rd (NSO) No. 67.23.02:05:  
Margarine.  Specifications (10 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  This Standard covers the followi ng: purpose, scope, definitions, 
essential composition and quality factors, food additi ves, chemical contaminants, analysis of 
physico-chemical components, microbiological contaminants, methods of analysis, hygiene, 
packaging, labelling, conformity with other st andards, technical references, monitoring and 
inspection.  
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. 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:   
Brazilian technical regulation on establishing the identity and quality of margarine; 
Documentation of the Laboratorio Central Dr  Max Bloch, División de Laboratorio, 
Laboratorio de Control de Calidad de Alimen tos y Aguas (Dr Max Bloch Central Laboratory, 
Laboratory division, Food and wate r quality control laboratory); 
Control parameters and sampling plans of th e International Commis sion on Microbiological 
Specifications for Foods (ICMSF).  
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in Spanish.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  60 days as from the date of notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months as from the date of adoption  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days as from the date of notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe 
Plan Maestro, San Salv ador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2231-5788 Fax: (+503) 2231-5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv
 
or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, 
of other body:  
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica, Avenida Dr Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, No. 51 
San Salvador, El Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2226-2800 Fax: (+503) 2225-6255 Web site: www.conacyt.gob.sv