MEX/433
WTO/TBT
MX Mexico
  • 25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
2018-12-07
2018-10-22

Artisanal sea salt. HS code 250100.

PROYECTO de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-005-SAGARPA-2018, Sal de mar artesanal - Especificaciones mínimas de calidad agroalimentaria (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-005-SAGARPA-2018: Artisanal sea salt - Minimum specifications for agrifood quality) (16 pages, in Spanish)

The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to artisanal sea salt that comes from salt farms with traditional layouts, is obtained using non-industrial means and is used as an ingredient in foods. It is binding throughout Mexican territory on natural and legal persons engaged in the extraction and preparation of such salt or in its packaging, labelling and marketing. This draft Mexican Official Standard does not apply to sea salt that has been subjected to any type of industrial processing.