. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HND/25 
4 December 2007  
 (07-5335)  
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   HONDURAS
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería , SAG (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Livestock) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers sh ould be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Meat and meat products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries which export meat and meat products to Honduras  
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Reglamento para la 
Inspección de Carnes y Productos Cárnicos   (Regulation governing the inspection of meat and 
meat products)  (93 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  The notified Regulation seeks to expand the legal, technical and 
administrative rules governing the inspection of meat products and by-products. 
It also seeks to establish the sanitary requirement s for establishments engaged in the slaughter 
of animals and the processing and storage of products  and by-products of animal origin in order 
to ensure the safety of food for either domestic consumption or export. 
The provisions of this Regulation apply to all establishments engaged in the slaughter of 
animals and the packaging, processing and storage of meat products of domestic and foreign 
origin. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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,  [ X ] 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Regulation governing 
the inspection of meat and meat products (113 pages, in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in the 
Diario Oficial La Gaceta  (Official Journal). G/SPS/N/HND/25 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This Regulation will enter into force upon publication in 
the Official Journal. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [   ] National notification authority, 
[ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Website: www.sag.gob.hn
 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 
Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Website: www.senasa.gob.hn
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or 
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería 
Blvd. Centro América, Ave. La FAO 
Tegucigalpa, República de Honduras  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (SENASA) 
Tel.: +(504) 231-0786 Fax: +(504) 239-1144 Website: www.sag.gob.hn