WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/DOM/32 
23 February 2010 
 (10-0994) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad a través de su 
Departamento de Normalización  (Directorate-General of Standards and Quality Systems, 
Department of Standardization) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Meat 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Anteproyecto de Norma NORDOM 67:19-099.  Higiene 
de la Carne.  Código de Prácticas de Higiene para la Carne (Proposed draft Dominican 
Standard (NORDOM) No. 67:19-099.  Meat Hygiene.  Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat) 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  27 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/DOM/10_0760_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This proposed draft Standard covers hygiene provisions for raw 
meat, meat preparations and manufactured m eat from the time of live animal production up 
to the point of retail sale.  The hygiene measu res must take into account certain criteria 
regarding the location and condition of installa tions, the hygiene of personnel, hygiene in 
processing, and any further measures and food  handling practices that are likely to be 
applied by the consumer. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/DOM/32 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CAC/RCP 1-1969, Rev. 4-2003:  Recommended International Code 
of Practice - General Principles of Food Hygiene / CAC/GL 26-1997:  Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessmen t and Accreditation of Food Import and 
Export Inspection and Certification Systems - Section 4:  Quality Assurance / 
CAC/GL 27-1997:  Guidelines for the Asse ssment of the Competence of Testing 
Laboratories Involved in the Import and Export Control of Food / CAC/RCP 58/2005:  Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat. 
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) International Animal Health Code 
(chapters on transport), report by the Working Group on Animal Welfare, 
October 2002. 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Unknown 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  9 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Unknown 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  9 September 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 April 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ms Ruth Montes de Oca S. 
Directora de la Oficina de Tratados Comerciales Agrícolas (OTCA) 
Ministerio de Agricultura Secretaría Ejecutiva del Comité Nacional para la Aplicación de las Medidas Sanitarias y Fitosanitarias (CNMSF) Punto de Contacto/Servicio Nacional de Información MSF ante la OMC Calle 13, No. 4A, esq. Espiral, Urb. Fernández, Apartado Postal No. 10129 
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
Tel.:   +(809) 227 6188;  +(809) 227 3164;  +(809) 547 1575 Fax: +(809) 540 5943 E-mail: rmontesdeoca@otcasea.gob.do;  rd.cnmsf.snni@gmail.com;  info@cnmsf.gob.do. 
Website: http://www.otcasea.gob.do/
;  http://www.cnmsf.gob.do/   G/SPS/N/DOM/32 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas y Sistemas de Calidad (DIGENOR) 
Departamento de Normalización Avenida México, esq.  Leopoldo Navarro, Edific io Juan Pablo Duarte (El Huacal), Piso 11 
Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana 
Tel.: + (809) 686 2205 Fax: +(809) 221 5613;  +(809) 688 3843 E-mail: direcciongeneral@digenor .gob.do;  digenor@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.digenor.gob.do/