. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/175 
28 May 2009 
 (09-2569) 
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:  MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Salud (Ministry of Health) 
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: 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normaliz ación de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardiza tion for the Regulation and Promotion of 
Health) Monterrey número 33, planta baja Colonia Roma 
06700, México, D.F. 
Tel.: 5080-5200, Ext. 1131 E-mail: rfs@salud.gob.mx
 
Website: http://portal.salud.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):   The notified Mexican 
Official Standard establishes the health provisions and specifications governing the 
transport and storage of cereals for human consumption, cereal and semolina flours, foods 
prepared from cereals, edible seeds, flour, semolina or mixtures thereof, and bakery 
products.  This Standard does not apply to cereal-based foods for infants and young children. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-247-SSA1-2005, Productos y servicios.   Cereales y sus productos.  Cereales, 
harinas de cereales, sémolas o semolinas.  Alimentos a base de:  cereales, semillas 
comestibles, de harinas, sémolas o semolinas o sus mezclas.  Produc tos de panificación.  
Disposiciones y especificaciones sanitarias y nutrimentales.  Métodos de prueba.  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-247- SSA1-2005:  Goods and services.  Cereals 
and cereal products.  Cereals and cereal and semo lina flours.  Foods prepared from cereals, 
edible seeds, flour, semolina or mixtures thereo f.  Bakery products.  Health and nutritional 
provisions and specifications.  Test methods) (112 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/175 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified Mexican Official Standard is binding throughout 
Mexican territory on natural and legal persons  engaged in the processing or importation of 
the covered products for consumption in Mexico. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 2 June 2008.  
Available at: http://www.dof.gob.mx . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }The notified Standard will enter into force 
180 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of its hard-copy publication in 
Spanish. 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9300, Ext. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx
 
Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/  
Text available at:  http://members.wto.o rg/crnattachments/2009/tbt/mex/09_1894_00_s.pdf