G/SPS/N/KOR/772  
 
31 January 2023  
(23-0699) 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:  67 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KOR/23_0792_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and 
Specifications for the Food Additives".  
1) Six food additives such as following are newly allowed:  
5'-Guanylic acid, Dipotassium 5' -Guanylate, Calcium 5' -Guanylate, 5' -Inosinic acid, 
Dipotassium 5' -Inosinate, Calcium 5' -Inosinate;  
2) The standards  for the use of Copper chlorophyll, Sodium copper chlorophyllin, and 
Potassium copper chlorophyllin are revised to use it for food supplements;  
3) Acetylated oxidized starch is added as Modified starch;  
4) The standards for the use of the following 27 food addit ives are revised:  
Calcium Gluconate, Calcium Glycerophosphate, Titanium Dioxide, Calcium Phosphate 
Tribasic, Calcium Phosphate Dibasic, Calcium Phosphate Monobasic, Calcium 
Pantothenate, Phytic Acid, Food Green No. 3, Food Green No. 3 Aluminium Lake, Food 
Red No. 2, Food Red No. 2 Aluminium Lake, Food Red No. 3, Food Red No. 40, Food 
Red No. 40 Aluminium Lake, Food Red No. 102, Food Blue No. 1, Food Blue No. 1 
Aluminium Lake, Food Blue No. 2, Food Blue No. 2 Aluminium Lake, Food Yellow No. 4, 
Food Yellow No . 4 Aluminium Lake, Food Yellow No. 5, Food Yellow No. 5 Aluminium 
Lake, L -Ascorbyl Palmitate, Methyl p -Hydroxybenzoate, Ethyl p -Hydroxybenzoate;  
5) The specifications of the following four food additives are revised:  
Smoke Flavours, Ferrous Sulfate, Chromic Chloride, Manganese Sulfate.  
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) :  G/SPS/N/KOR/772  
 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapte r 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:    
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: [X]  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) : 1 April 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) 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 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, 363 -700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr