. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/226 
20 February 2012 
 (12-0983) 
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, 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. 1333 
E-mail: rfs@cofepris.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food and non-alcoholic 
beverages for infants 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-131-SSA1-2011, Productos y servicios .  Fórmulas de inicio, continuación y 
para necesidades especiales de nutrición.  Alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas para 
lactantes y niños de corta edad.  Disposiciones y especificaciones sanitarias y nutrimentales.  Etiquetado y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-131-SSA1-2011, Goods and services.  Starter formulas, follow-up formulas and formulas for special nutritional requirem ents.  Food and non-alcoholic beverages for 
infants and young children.  Sanitary and nutritional provisions and specifications.  
Labelling and test methods) (82 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Standard is binding on natural and legal persons 
engaged in the processing and/or im portation of the covered products. 
The sampling procedure for the products concerned is subject to the Ley General de Salud  
(General Law on Health). 
The labelling of the covered products must comply with the provisions of the Mexican 
Regulation on the Sanitary Control of Goods and Services and of Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, indicated in  the section on references of the notified 
Standard, with the exception of certain specifically mentioned points.  G/TBT/N/MEX/226 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Standard sets forth the san itary, nutritional and labelling provisions and 
specifications with which the following must comply: 
- Starter formulas, breast milk substitutes; 
- follow-up formulas; - formulas for special nutritional requirements;  and - food and non-alcoholic beverages for infants and young children. 
It also sets forth the corresponding test methods. 
8. Relevant documents: 
- CODEX STAN 72-1981 (Rev. 2007):  Codex Standard for Infant Formula and 
Formulas for Special Medical Purposes Intended for Infants. 
- CODEX STAN 73-1981 (Rev. 1989):  Code x Standard for Canned Baby Foods. 
-  CODEX STAN 74-1981 (Rev. 2006):  Codex Standard for Processed Cereal-Based 
Foods for Infants and Young Children. 
-  CODEX STAN 156-1987 (amended 1989):  Codex Standard for Follow-Up 
Formula. 
- International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent 
resolutions. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable 
Date indicated in the final Standard published 
in the Diario Oficial de la Federación  
(Official Journal) 
10. Final date for comments:   12 April 2012 
11. Texts available from:  Na tional enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers and e-mail and website add resses, if available, of other body: 
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55-5729 9100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55-5520 9715 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/noms/inicio.do  
Also available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2012&month=02&day=13 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_0644_00_s.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_0644_01_s.pdf