Notifications for Honduras (42 notifications)

The Government of the Republic of Honduras hereby advises that, at the request of certain Members, the final date for comments on draft Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.06.74:16 "Organic agricultural products. Production, processing, marketing, certification and labelling requirements", notified in document G/SPS/N/HND/53 of 12 September 2016, has been extended until 30 November 2016.

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the provisions and procedures governing the production, registration, certification, processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of organic agricultural products. It applies to the following products that carry or should carry a descriptive label relating to organic production methods.A product is considered to carry information concerning organic production methods when the label or property claims, including advertising material and commercial documents, describe the product or its ingredients using the terms "organic", "biological" or "ecological" or other similar internationally recognized vocabulary, including abbreviated forms, which suggest to the buyer that the product or its ingredients have been obtained using organic production methods in the country in which they have been put on the market. This Technical Regulation is binding upon all natural and legal persons engaged in the production, processing, labelling, storage, transport and marketing of certified organic agricultural products as well as upon the public and private bodies engaged in the registration, control and/or certification of such products.