. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/166 
14 September 2004 
 (04-3831) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food, food additives, apparatus, packaging and containers for food 
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:   Proposed Draft 
Amendment of the Food Sanitation Act (available in Korean, 10 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
− The clarification of the criteria for dangerous  and harmful food that shall not be sold. 
− In cases where food produced in any region or c ountry is recognized to injure the health 
of the human body, the Commissioner of the Korea Food and Drug Administration may provisionally adopt measures prohibiting food from being sold or collected, 
manufactured, imported, processed, used, prepared, stored, transported or displayed for 
the purpose of sale on the basis of available pertinent information. 
− Private firms shall recall the food when manufacturing, processing, or import conditions 
that do not follow the provisions of this Act. 
− The authorities, who initiate the administrative actions against private firms which do 
not observe the provisions of this Act, sh all publish the details of the administrative 
actions and business information such as th e name of product(s) related to the 
administrative actions. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection 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:  MOHW Public 
Notification 2004-166, 8 September 2004 (available in Korean). G/SPS/N/KOR/166 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Trade Affairs Division 
Ministry of Health and Welfare 
1 Jungang-Dong Kwacheon-City 
Kyoungi-Do 
427-760 Republic of Korea 
 
Tel: +82-2-2110-6458 Fax: +82-2-504-3981 
E-mail: bhang@mohw.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Trade Affairs Division 
Ministry of Health and Welfare 
1 Jungang-Dong Kwacheon-City 
Kyoungi-Do 
427-760 Republic of Korea 
 
Tel: +82-2-2110-6458 Fax: +82-2-504-3981 
E-mail: bhang@mohw.go.kr