The Republic of Ecuador hereby notifies the Partial Reform of the Technical Health Regulations concerning the issuance of health certificates and the control of food supplements and establishments that manufacture, store, distribute, import or market such products, Resolution ARCSA-DE-028-2016-YMIH, published in the Official Journal Supplement No. 937 of 3 February 2017. The notified draft regulations seek to establish the conditions for good manufacturing practices (GMP) for food processing plants, as well as the requirements for the manufacturing, production, processing, preparation, packaging, packing, assembly, transport, storage, import, distribution and marketing of processed foods for human consumption. To protect public health and ensure a safe food supply, the regulations also establish the requirements for the registration, re-registration and amendment of health certificates of national and foreign processed foods; the registration of GMP certificates; the approval of GMP certificates; requirements for the registration of foods processed on GMP-certified lines; the issuance of free sale certificates; the issuance of export health certificates; the issuance of operating permits; hygiene conditions in mass catering establishments; and the donation of processed foods. Agency: Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries) Subsecretaría de Calidad (Under-Secretariat for…