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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/115
23 August 2002
(02-4555)
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 (KFDA)
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):  Pesticides and aflatoxin
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:
Proposed Amendment of Standards and Specifications for Food
6. Description of content:
- Establishment of the pesticides Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) in strawberry, mandarin,
red pepper, red pepper leaves, egg plant,  peach, Korean melon, watermelon, pear,
persimmon, grapes, Perilla leaves, root of bonnet bellflower, Korean cabbage, Welsh onion,
Garland chrysanthemum, potato, tomato, garlic , cucumber, celery, ginseng (dried), rice,
soybean, apple, lettuce, tea, barley, wheat, onion, kiwi fruit and sesame for the following 95pesticides:
Iminoctadine, difenoconazole, myclobutanil, meth idathion, buprofezin, bitertanol, bifenthrin,
ethofenprox, imidacloprid, cadusaf os, carbendazim, chlorothalonil, tebuconazole, tolyfluanid,
triadimenol, thiodicarb, fenarimol, folpet, flusilazole, prochloraz, hexaconazole,
chlorfenapyr, tebufenpyrad, dimethomor ph, diethofencarb, cymoxanil, cyprodinil,
acetamiprid, azoxystrobin, fost hiazate, pyriproxyfen, fludi oxonil, lufenuron, spinosad,
abamectin, etoxazole, carbosulfan, fluquinconazo le, pyrimethanil, dymron, dimethenamid,
dithiopyr, dichlorprop, diclomezine, me tam-sodium, metolcarb, mefenacet, mepiquat,
molinate, milbermectin, benzoximate, butach lor, bispyribac-sodium, cyclosulfamuron,
cycloprothrin, cyhalofop-butyl , cinosulfuron, simetryne, anilofos, acibenzolar-S-methyl,
azimsulfuron, acrinathrin, etridiazole, inab enfide, imazosulfuron, isazofos, indoxacarb,
zoxamide, quinclorac, chlorophenoxy acetate, terbutylazine, thenylchlor, tecloftalam,
tetraconazole, thiazopyr, thifluzamide, pentoxazone, fenhexamid, fosetyl-aluminium,
forchlorfenuron, probenazole, propa quizafop, pretilachlor, fthalide, flusulfamide, flutolanil,
flufenacet, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyrazoxyfe n, pyroquilon, pyriminobac-methyl, pyrimidifen,
pyributicarb, hymexazol, halosulfuron-methyl
- Establishment of Aflatoxin M1 Maximum Level (ML) in MilkG/SPS/N/KOR/115
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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:  KFDA Advance
Notice No. 2002-71, 17 August 2002 (available in Korean)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  16 October 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:   Korea Food and Drug Administration
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Korea Food and Drug Administration
International Trade and Information Office
Fax:  (+82)2 336 2893
Email:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr