Research on defined product requirements and the use of standards in Mexico. Each record identifies its scope, source and practical evidence questions.
Market scope
NOM, national standards and draft PROY-NOM are distinct; DOF publication controls.
The records below examine specific provisions and standards relationships. They do not combine different products or regulatory roles into one approval route.
Electrical products must carry essential technical information for intended and safe use, together with the manufacturer, supplier or trade identification specified by the rule. The applicable national product standards determine additional details and marking location. Review the label with the product function and electrical configuration; a generic NOM graphic alone does not satisfy the information requirement.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Economía
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
2014
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Electrical products in Clause 2, subject to its product-specific exclusions.
Scope and conditions
Products governed by a particular safety NOM and listed special-use equipment are excluded under Clause 2.3.
Actions
Confirm the applicable product category and exclusions.
Check essential safety and identity markings against the applicable national reference.
NOM-050-SCFI-2004 General product labelling · Clause 5.2.2
Mandatory commercial information must be understandable and legible in Spanish, even if additional languages are used. Labels must remain available until acquisition under normal conditions. Multipacks and individually resold units require a separate presentation check; information on an outer pack cannot always support sale of an unlabelled individual unit.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Economía
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
2004
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Products covered by general commercial-labelling NOM 050.
Scope and conditions
Product categories with specific applicable information rules require the Clause 2 scope check.
Actions
Check Spanish content and readability.
Verify attachment and availability through sale.
Review multipack and individual-sale presentations separately.
NOM-015-SCFI-2007 Toy labelling · Clause 5.1.2(f), read with 5.1.3
Toy packaging must identify the age recommended by the manufacturer by wording or symbol. The commercial information must be readable and the mandatory chapter information must be in Spanish. Keep the age statement consistent with the toy design and instructions rather than treating the packaging icon as independent evidence that all hazards have been assessed.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Economía
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
2007
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Toys within the commercial-information rule.
Scope and conditions
Age marking is not a substitute for applicable safety tests or distinct electrical-toy requirements.
Actions
Set the manufacturer age recommendation.
Include the required wording or symbol.
Check Spanish and legibility requirements.
Evidence identified by the source
Recommended-age statement or symbol and mandatory commercial information.
Documented quality system for medical-device establishments
NOM-241-SSA1-2025 Good manufacturing practices for medical devices · Clause 5.1.2
The establishment must design, implement, document and maintain an effective quality management system and establish a quality manual. This is an operational requirement, not simply a request for an external certificate. The 2025 rule is the current edition; the official catalogue identifies the 2021 edition as cancelled.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Salud / COFEPRIS
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
2025
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Establishments within the scope of the medical-device GMP rule.
Scope and conditions
The applicable activity and establishment scope must be resolved; ISO certification alone does not replace this NOM.
Actions
Map the quality system to applicable establishment activities.
Maintain the quality manual and controlled system documentation.
Demonstrate implementation and continued effectiveness.
Evidence identified by the source
Documented quality management system and quality manual.
Materials for the research review
Process ownership, controlled procedures and operating records.
Transition assessment from the superseded edition.
Safety data sheets for workplace hazardous chemicals
NOM-018-STPS-2015 Hazard communication in workplaces · Clauses 6.3–6.4 and Chapter 9
Employers must have safety data sheets for the hazardous substances and mixtures handled at the workplace, prepared in accordance with Chapter 9, and keep them permanently available to workers in the relevant areas. A supplier sheet must therefore be checked against the actual chemical and local information requirements, rather than filed as an unverified foreign document.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
2015
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Employers handling hazardous chemicals or mixtures within the NOM scope.
Scope and conditions
This is a workplace communication requirement, not a blanket retail label approval or transport classification.
Actions
Inventory hazardous substances and mixtures.
Obtain and review the corresponding SDS.
Make the sheets available where materials are handled.
Evidence identified by the source
Safety data sheets complying with Chapter 9 and worker access.
Materials for the research review
Inventory-to-SDS reconciliation and revision list.
NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 as amended in 2020 · Clauses 4.2.2.1.1–4.2.2.1.2
The ingredient list uses the prescribed ingredient heading and orders ingredients by decreasing mass proportion. The rule concerns the actual formulation, not the order preferred for marketing. Reconcile the approved label with compound ingredients and processing information; allergen and added-sugar declarations require their own checks and are not resolved by ingredient order alone.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Economía / Secretaría de Salud
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
2010 with 2020 amendment
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Individually marketed prepackaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages within the rule.
Scope and conditions
Single-ingredient exceptions and product-specific exclusions must be checked; added ingredients or additives can affect an exception.
Actions
Reconcile the recipe and ingredient names.
Order ingredients by mass proportion.
Review the list against current applicable amendment text.
Evidence identified by the source
Required ingredient list with prescribed heading and order.
These records distinguish adoption, legal incorporation, designation and programme recognition. A standard’s use is assessed within the specific relationship recorded.
Standards relationship · MX-R01
NOM-003-SCFI-2014 makes national appliance safety references operative
The issued NOM refers to the national NMX appliance safety standard, while the official catalogue explains the IEC 60335 family behind that national reference. The compliance chain is product scope, applicable NOM section, operative NMX reference and conformity procedure. International similarity does not remove national conditions or establish acceptance of a particular foreign report.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Economía
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
NMX-J-521/1-ANCE-2012 listed in the issued NOM
Relationship
Legal incorporation
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Household and similar appliances falling within the relevant NOM-003 section.
Scope and conditions
Do not treat IEC 60335 alone or a later catalogue edition as automatic NOM certification.
Actions
Identify the applicable appliance section.
Record the operative national edition and any formal replacement.
Evidence identified by the source
Evidence under the applicable NOM conformity route.
NMX-EC-17025-IMNC-2018 · International concordance statement
The official catalogue explicitly identifies this NMX as an identical adoption of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. That identity concerns the published standard, not a laboratory accreditation result. A customer must still verify the particular laboratory, method and scope through the applicable accreditation or approval system.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
IMNC / Secretaría de Economía catalogue
Status and context
Current national standard; explicit IDT metadata verified
Edition or text examined
2018; IDT toISO/IEC 17025:2017
Relationship
National adoption
Legal character
Voluntary reference
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Laboratory competence standard selection and national publication identification.
Scope and conditions
Publication of an NMX is not by itself a universal statutory laboratory-accreditation duty.
Actions
Record national and international identifiers together.
Check the laboratory scope separately.
Evidence identified by the source
Any laboratory qualification required by the receiving scheme.
Materials for the research review
Current catalogue status and laboratory scope record.
NOM-001 lists the national IT-equipment safety standard among its normative references. This establishes a specified national reference within a product rule, not a generic equivalence certificate. Confirm which product function invokes that reference and which accepted edition applies before treating an IEC-based report as sufficient.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría de Economía
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
NMX-I-60950-1-NYCE-2015 listed
Relationship
Legal incorporation
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Relevant electronic equipment and product functions within NOM-001.
Scope and conditions
The catalogue marks NOM-001 as non-equivalent to an international standard; no automatic IEC 62368 substitution is established.
Actions
Classify the equipment and product function.
Verify the applicable referenced national standard and conformity procedure.
Evidence identified by the source
Relevant evidence under NOM-001, where applicable.
Materials for the research review
Function-to-reference matrix and accepted-edition check.
Mexico adapts GHS rather than adopting every later UN revision
NOM-018-STPS-2015 international concordance · International concordance and Chapter 9
The official record describes NOM-018 as partially equivalent to the fifth edition of the UN GHS and adapted to domestic requirements. A supplier cannot establish compliance merely by stating that an SDS follows the latest GHS. Compare the Mexican classification, label and SDS requirements applicable to the material and workplace.
Scope, actions and official sources
Issuer
Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social
Status and context
In force; official source checked on 2026-10-20
Edition or text examined
GHS fifth revised edition, 2013, as identified by the official concordance record
Relationship
Legal incorporation
Legal character
Binding within the stated scope
Source check
2026-10-20
Applies to
Hazard communication for hazardous workplace chemicals.
Scope and conditions
A newer UN GHS publication does not automatically change Mexican mandatory requirements.
Actions
Record the Mexican rule as the controlling requirement.
Check local SDS and communication elements against that rule.
Evidence identified by the source
SDS and hazard communication required by NOM-018.
Materials for the research review
Documented gap comparison against supplier information.
The linked official sources establish the provisions, document identities or relationships examined. NCQM supplies original English analysis. Where an official source is in another language, the English explanation is not an official translation. Source-check dates, effective dates and adopted editions are kept separate.
The research review materials help organize an assessment. They are distinguished from evidence expressly identified by the source. International standards remain subject to their publishers’ access and rights conditions.
