Ecuador – INEN publishes draft adoption of standards related to canned canned fish and international trade of foodstuffs

The Ecuadorian Standardization Service (INEN in Spanish) has published the following draft standards:

  1. NTE INEN 3213 – STANDARD FOR CANNED FISH (CXS 119- 1981, MOD).

This standard applies to canned fish packed in water, oil or other appropriate medium.
It does not apply to specialty products in which fish represents less than 50% by mass of the net contents of the container.
This standard does not apply to canned tuna and bonito of NTE INEN 184 and canned sardines of NTE INEN 185.

2. CPE INEN-CODEXCXG 83-PRINCIPLES FOR THE USE OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS IN INTERNATIONAL FOOD TRADE (CODEX CXG 83:2015, IDT)

The code of practice CXG 83:2015, Principles for the use of sampling and analysis in international food trade, has been approved as a national standard with reference number CPE INEN-CXG 83 Principles for the use of sampling and analysis in international food trade (CODEX CXG 83:2015, IDT).