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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/146
17 October 2003
(03-5497)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS),
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Livestock products for human consumption, such as milk and milk products,
meat and meat products, and egg products, etc.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
trading partners
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   The proposed Draft of the
Amendment of the Processing Standards a nd Ingredient Specifications for Livestock
Products (Available in Korean, 2 pages)
6. Description of content:   The proposed amendments are as follows:
- The microbiological test of refrigerated samples shall be carried out within 36 hours.
- Addition of the simultaneous analysis of pr eservatives by HPLC as a screening method.
- Addition of the IMS (immunomagnetic separation) as an optional method for
microbiological tests.
- Revision of the colour characteristic of processed condensed milk from white-yellow to
original colour of the product.
- The same microbiological standards shall be applied to the chilled and frozen livestock
product.
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NVRQS Public
Notice No. 2003-78, 11 October 2003 (Available in Korean)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/146
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  5 December 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Division of Livestoc k Products Standard
National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service
#480, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang, Kyonggi 430-016
Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-31-467-1834
Fax: 82-31-467-1989
E-mail: byunsk@nvrqs.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Division of Livestoc k Products Standard
National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service
#480, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang, Kyonggi 430-016
Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-31-467-1834Fax: 82-31-467-1989
E-mail: byunsk@nvrqs.go.kr