G/SPS/N/KOR/664  
 
1 October 2019  
(19-6328) 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:  326 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KOR/19_5384_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Revise the limits for Clostridi um perfringens in 'Soy sauces and pastes', 'Salted and 
fermented seafood products', 'Hot pepper powder or shredded hot pepper' and 'Spice 
products';  
2. Revise the manufacturing and processing standards for jellies;  
3. Clarify and improve the application of the m aximum residual limits of pesticides;  
4. Revise and establish the application principles for the maximum residual limits in 
livestock and fishery products;  
5. Revise the standards for food preparation in food service businesses;  
6. Revise the sampling and sample handling methods;  
7. Modify the lists of food ingredients by adding, deleting and combining food ingredients 
as necessary;  
8. Revise and establish the maximum residual limits of pesticides in agricultural products 
(81 pesticides including Deltamethrin);  
9. Revise the maximum residual limits in livestock and fishery products ( ten residual 
substances including Lindan);  
10. Revise the General Test Methods.  
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) :  G/SPS/N/KOR/664  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relev ant 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 -450, 27 September 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) : 30 November 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 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
363-700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554  
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 Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr