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Notifying Member: PANAMA
If
applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible:
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología
Industrial, DGNTI (Directorate-General for
Standards and Industrial Technology)
Name
and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and Industry)
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología
Industrial
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison,
3er Piso
Panamá, Panama
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa / jgallardo@mici.gob.pa
Website: www.mici.gob.pa
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Notified under Article
2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national
tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food products in general (ICS code: 67.040)
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Title, number of pages
and language(s) of the notified document: RTCA
Etiquetado Nutricional de Productos Alimenticios Preenvasados para Consumo
Humano para la Población a partir de 3 años de edad (Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) on nutrition
labelling of pre-packaged foods for human consumption intended for adults and
children over 3 years of age) (50 pages, in Spanish)
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Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation sets out technical elements for
the nutrition labelling of pre-packaged foods for human consumption.
The labelling of pre-packaged fresh foods is governed by the
domestic provisions of each State Party. The notified Technical Regulation
does not apply to unprocessed foods or to processed products packaged in the
presence of the consumer.
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Objective and rationale,
including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices
and consumer protection
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Relevant documents:
- RTCA Etiquetado General de los Alimentos
Previamente Envasados (Preenvasados) (current version).
- RTCA Etiquetado Nutricional de Productos
Alimenticios Preenvasados para Consumo Humano para la Población a partir de 3
años de edad (current version).
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Proposed date of
adoption: To be determined
Proposed
date of entry into force: To be determined
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Final date for comments:
60 days from notification
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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or
address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if
available, of other body:
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología
Industrial
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza
Edison, 3er Piso
Panamá, Panama
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa / jgallardo@mici.gob.pa
Website: www.mici.gob.pa
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