G/TBT/N/MEX/466  
11 June 2020 
(20-4139) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa  
Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc  
Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
José César Ramos - jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 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) : Yahualica 
chili ( Capsicum annuum  L.) - Specifications and test methods  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto  de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-239-SE-2020, Chile yahualica (Capsicum annuum L.) -
Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-239-SE-
2020, Yahualica chili ( Capsicum annuum  L.)-Specifications and test methods) (19 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mex ican Official Standard establishes the 
specifications, production process, commercial information, test methods and conformity 
assessment procedure for fresh and dried Yahualica chili marketed in Mexico.  
The appellation of origin "Yahualica" corresponds  to the geographical area covered by the 
General Declaration on Protection of the Appellation of Origin issued by the Mexican 
Industrial Property Institute.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Quality requirements.  G/TBT/N/MEX/466  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard  NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados . Información 
commercial y sanitaria , published in the Official Journal on 5 April 2 010, and the 
amendment thereto published in the Official Journal on 2 7 March 2 020; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -251-SSA1 -2009, Prácticas de higiene para el proceso 
de alimentos, bebidas o suplemento s alimenticios , published in the Official Journal 
on 1 March 2 010; 
• Mexican Standard NMX -FF-025-SCFI-2014, Productos alimenticios no 
industrializados para consumo humano Chilefresco (Capsicum spp) . 
Especificaciones  (cancelling Mexican Standard NMX -FF-025-SCFI-2007), notice of 
entry into force published in the Official Journal on 2 3 January 2 015. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be confirmed  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be confirmed  
10. Final date for comm ents: 7 August 2 020 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Dirección General de Normas  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa  
Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@econ omia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
José César Ramos - jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Website : http://www.economia.gob.m x/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5594610&fecha=08/06/2020  
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