. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/SLV/104 
5 January 2007 
 
 (07-0054) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EL SALVADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología  – CONACYT (National 
Science and Technology Council) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 Economía (Ministry of the Economy) 
Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Salvador 
Tel.: (+503) 2231 5788 
Fax: (+503) 2231 5789 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X  ], 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):   Yogurt (ICS: 67.100) 
HS 0403.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   NSO 67.01.10:06 
Productos Lacteos.  Yogur. Especific aciones. Primera actualización  (Salvadoran 
Mandatory Standard (NSO) 67.01.10:06 Dairy Pr oducts.  Yogurt.  Specifications.  First 
revision) (9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Standard covers the follo wing:  purpose, scope, definitions, 
essential composition and quality factors, food ad ditives, product classification, general, 
physico-chemical and microbiological character istics, contaminants, sampling, testing and 
analysis methods, hygiene, packaging and labe lling, storage and transportation, regulatory 
appendix, monitoring and inspection. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Protection of human health. G/TBT/N/SLV/104 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
This Standard is a partial approval of the Codex Standard for Fermented Milks.  CODEX 
STAN 243-2004. 
CODEX General Standard for the Use of  Dairy Terms.  CODEX STAN 206-1999. 
NSO 67.10.01:03 Norma General para el Etique tado de Alimentos Preenvasados. Primera 
actualización  (Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO ) 67.10.01:03 General Standard for the 
Labelling of Prepackaged Foods.  First revision). 
 
NSO 67.10.02:99  Directrices del Codex Alimentarius sobre Etiquetado Nutricional. 
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO) 67.10.02:99 Codex Guidelines on Nutrition 
Labelling).  
 RTCA-UA  Reglamento Centroamericano de Criteri os Microbiológicos de los Alimentos 
Procesado  (RTCA-UA Central American Technical Regulation, Microbiological Criteria 
for Processed Foods).  Recommended International Code of Practice – General Principles of Food Hygiene 
(CAC/RCP1.2003, Rev. 4-2003). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal 
6 months as from the date of adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Economía. Dirección de Administración de Tratados Comerciales 
Edificio C-2  Tercer Nivel Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Salvador El Salvador  
E-mail:  ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
Tel.: (+503) 2231 5788 Fax: (+503) 2231 5789  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) 
Colonia Médica 
Avenida Dr Emilio Alvarez Pasaje Dr Guillermo Rodríguez Pacas, #51 Tel.: (+503) 2226 2800  (+503) 2235 4191 
Fax: (+503) 2225 6255 
Web site:  www.infoq.gob.sv E-mail:  guerrero@conacyt.gob.sv