G/SPS/N/KOR/652  
 
18 July 2019  
(19-4768) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
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 products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Amendments to the Standards and 
Specifications for Foods . Language(s):  Korean . Number of pages:  252 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KOR/19_4008_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Revise the Manufacturing/Proces sing Standards to allow 'Beverage base' and 
'Processed fruit/vegetable product' to be manufactured in tablets;  
2. Revise the Manufacturing/Processing Standards to allow acidic foods (pH of not more 
than 4.6) which require sterilization to be manufactured by p asteurization;  
3. Revise the Food Irradiation Standard to allow the use of X -ray for food irradiation;  
4. Exclude semi -processed bread products which are intended to be consumed after 
cooking from the application of limits for foodborne pathogens;  
5. Remove the sta ndard for total chlorine in 'Edible salts';  
6. Revise the standards and specifications for prepared foods from food service business 
operator (including meal service facilities);  
7. Revise the Annex 1 'Ingredients Approved for Use in Food' and Annex 2 'Ingredients 
Approved for Limited Use in Food';  
8. Revise the applicable subject of the maximum residual limits of veterinary drugs in 
foods by including Roxarson and Arsanolic acid in the list of substances that shall not 
be detected in foods;  
9. Establish and r evise the maximum residual limits of pesticides in agricultural products 
(160 pesticides including Iminoctadine);  
10. Establish and revise the maximum residual limits of veterinary drugs in foods 
(Arsanilic acid, Fluralaner, Gamithromycin);  
11. Establish the maxim um residual limits of pesticides in livestock and fishery products 
(Pydiflumetofen);  
12. Revise the General Test Methods;  
13. Reflect the amendments made in other laws and clarify some wordings.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/KOR/652  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Ministry  of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2019 -336, 8 July 2019  (available in 
Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 September 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of   Food and Drug safety  
#187 Osongsae ngmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
363-700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1597  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address,  fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety website at  
http://www.mfds.go.kr . Also available from:  
 
International Cooperat ion Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1597  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr