G/SPS/N/KOR/702/Add.1  
18 May 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 May 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Add of Proposed Amendments to the Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Imported Food Safety 
Control  
Proposed Amendments to the Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control  
(1) The enforcement date of the partial amendment notified in G/SPS/N/KOR/702 (dated 
19 November  2020) for designating kimchi as a product under mandatory HACCP application and 
setting up details for HACCP certification procedures and assessment has been modified to 
1 October  2021.  
A phased approach will be applied according to the import amount as follow:  
1. Products of which import amount exceeding 10,000 tons as of 2019: 1 October 2021  
2. Products of which import amount exceeding 5,000 tons as of 2020: 1 October 2022  
3. Products of which import amount exceeding 1,000 tons as of 2021: 1 October 2023  
4. Products that are n ot included in the above 3 subparagraphs: 1 October 2024  
(2) The enforcement date of the partial amendment notified in G/SPS/N/KOR/702 (dated 
19 November 2020) has been modified to 1 October 2021.  
In accordance with the amendments to the Enforcement Rule o f the Special Act on Imported Food 
Safety Control, kimchi will be designated as a product under mandatory HACCP application and 
detailed rules will be set for HACCP certification procedures and assessment.  
A phased approach will be applied specifically to those exceeding 10,000 tons in terms of import 
amount.  
Mandatory HACCP application for imported kimchi will become effective from 1 October 2021.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into for ce 
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar day s. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/KOR/702/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 10 june 2021  
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: +(8243) 719 1569  
Fax: +(8243) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr   
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: +(8243) 719 1569  
 
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