G/SPS/N/KOR/750  
 
25 April 2022  
(22-3229) 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 additives  
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 Food Additives . Language(s):  Korean . Number of pages:  85 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KOR/22_2915_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and 
Specifications for the Food Additives":  
1) The standards and specifications of Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose who is used for the 
production of food supplements dissolved in intestines are newly established;  
2) The specifications of Steviol Glycosid e and Enzymatically Modified Stevia are revised:  
Rebaudioside E, M, N and O are added in the group of compounds for assay;  
3) The standards for the use of Calcium Silicate are revised to use it for the production of 
food supplements;  
4) 11 amino acids such as f ollowing are allowed to be used in baby and infant foods:  
L-alanine, L -aspartic acid, L -cysteine hydrochloride, L -glutamic acid, L -glutamine, 
L-glycine , L-histidine  hydrochloride , L-lysine, L -lysine hydrochloride, L -proline, 
L-serine;  
5) The functional classe s recognized in CODEX for the following 24 food additives are 
added:  
Acetic acid, DL - Alanine, Arabic gum, Calcium acetate, Calcium carbonate , 
Calcium  chloride, Calcium sulfate,  Carnauba wax , Crude magnesium chloride 
(sea water) , Diacetyltartaric acid and fatty acid esters of glycerol, Food starch 
modified, Glacial acetic acid, Glycerin esters of fatty acids , Glucono -δ-lactone , 
Guar gum, Lecithin, Karaya gum, Locust bean gum , Magnesium chloride, 
Magnesium  sulfate , Methyl ethyl cellulose, Polyglycerol esters  of fatty acid, 
Potassium  lactate, Vitamin C ; 
6) The analytical methods for the following nine food additives are revised:  
Calcium phosphate dibasic, Calcium phosphate monobasic, Ferric phosphate, Ferric 
pyrophosphate, α -Glalctosidase, Milk clotting enzyme, Oxygen, Polyvinyl acetate, 
Potassium glycerophosphate.  G/SPS/N/KOR/750  
 
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  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.   
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 st andard?  
[ ] 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:  
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2021 -172, 13 April 2022  
(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) : 24 June 2022  
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 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu, Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do, 363 -700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquir y 
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 Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu, Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do, 363 -700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr