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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SLV/81 
6 May 2008  
 (08-2147) 
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):  Food products (International Classification for Standards (ICS) 
code 67.050)  
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 RTCA 
67.04.50:08: Alimentos. Criterios microbiológicos para la inocuidad de los alimentos  
(Salvadoran Mandatory Standard (NSO)/Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 67.04.50:08:  Food products.  Microbiological criteria for food safety) (34 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation seeks to establish the microbiological 
parameters and permissible limits for the registration and sanitary surveillance of 
food products. 
The provisions of this Regulation apply to all food products marketed in Central 
American countries.  
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: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
CAC/GL 21-1997:   Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological 
Criteria for Foods ; 
CAC/STAN 192-1995, Rev.5 (2004):  General Standard for Food Additives . Appendix B to 
CAC/MISC 6-2001:  List of Codex Advisory Specifications for Food Additives ; 
Decree No. 977/96 of 13 May 1997:  Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos  (Food Health 
Regulations);  G/SPS/N/SLV/81 
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  Argentine Regulation, Section V:  De los criterios microbiológicos  (Microbiological 
criteria); 
International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). 
Micro-Organisms in Foods 2:  Sampling for Microbiological Analysis:  Principles and 
Specific Applications .  Second Edition;  
MERCOSUR Technical Regulation (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, 
Venezuela); 
Normas Microbiológicas por Alimentos de España (Spanish microbiological standards 
for food).  Grupo de alimentos de la Soc iedad Española de Microbiología  (Working 
Group on Food of the Spanish Microbiological Society). 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Salvadoran 
Mandatory Standard (NSO)/Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) 
No. 67.04.50:08:  Food products.  Microbiological criteria for food safety (available in 
Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months as from the date of adoption  
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days as from the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] 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 Salvador, El Salvador Tel.: (+503) 2231 5788 Fax: (+503) 2231 5789 E-mail: ezelada@minec.gob.sv 
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) 2234 8411 Fax:   (503) 2225 6255 
Web site:  http://www.infoq.org.sv/
 
Further information: 
Evelyn Castillo 
Tel.: +(503) 2235 4191 and +(503) 2234 8430 E-mail: ecastillo@conacyt.gob.sv