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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/124
18 March 2003
(03-1577)
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:  Korea food and Drug Administration
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):   Food additives
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Amendment and
Establishment of Food Additives
6. Description of content:
• Establishment of the specification (7 items):  Ethyl cellulose, Potassium ferrocyaide,
Sodium ferrocyaide, Calcium ferrocyaide, Capric acid, Dextran, Tea catechin
• Amendment of definition (4 items):  Protease(Bacterial), Tea extract, Smoke flavours,
5’-Adenylic acid
• Amendment of specification (21 items):  Sodium DL-malate, Zinc oxide,
Annatto(water-soluble), Magnesium stearate, Allyl caproate, DL-Phenylalanine,
Monosodium fumarate, Ferrous fumarate, Sodium pyrophosphate, Magnesium sulfate,
Zinc sulfate, Choline chloride, Monopotassium L-glutamate, Magnesium silicate,
Methyl ρ- hydroxybenzoate, β-Glucanase, Phytic acid, Transglucosidase, Tea extract,
Heme iron, Smoke flavours
• Amendment of Use level (20 items):  Sorbic acid, Potassium sorbate, Food green No.3,
Food green No.3 aluminium lake, Food red No.2, Food red No.2 aluminium lake, Food
red No.3, Food red No.40, Food red No.40 al uminium lake, Food blue No.1, Food blue
No.1 aluminium lake, Food blue No.2, F ood blue No.2 aluminium lake, Food yellow
No.4, Food yellow No.4 aluminium lake , Food yellow No.5, Food yellow No.5
aluminium lake, Titanium dioxide, Food red No.102, Calcium sorbate
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 pestsG/SPS/N/KOR/124
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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:  The Korea Food and
Drug Administration advance Notice No. 2003-20 dated 15 March. 2003.  (Available in
Korean only)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  15 May  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:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website
(www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from:
Korea food and Drug Administration
Food additives evaluation department
#5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Korea
Fax:  +82 (2) 354 1399E-mail:  pmheekim@kfda.go.kr