G/SPS/N/KOR/787  
4 October 2023  
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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:  The 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:  65 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KOR/23_12809_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and 
Specifications for the Food Additives" as follows:  
1) Seven  food additives such as the following are newly allowed: Potassium dihydrogen 
citrate, Monosodium Citrate, Magnesium di -L-Glutamate, Monocalcium di -L-Glutamate , 
Potassium acetate, Menaquinone -7, Adsorbent resin;  
2) Sulfur dioxide residue standards have been newly established at "less than 0.20 g/kg" 
to allow the use of sulfites in "non -alcoholic beverages made from fruit wine";  
3) A regulation is newly establish ed to exempt the application of use level of food additives 
for imported foods which are used as raw materials for in -house product 
manufacturing;  
4) The regulation  in Annex 1 , Matters concerning Application for Establishment of 
Standards and Specification s of Food Additives and Revision of Use Level, has been 
relaxed to specify that the submission of 'Usage Status in Foreign Countries' data is 
required only when necessary, rather than being mandatory;  
5) The synonyms of two synthetic flavouring substances are corrected;  
6) The names of two components of food -contact surface sanitizing solutions are 
corrected;  
7) The analytical methods for the following 6 food additives are revised: α -Glucosidase, 
Dextranase, Methyl cellulose, Shellac, Phospholipase, Ferric pyrophosphate.  
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/787  
 
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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 t he 
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: [  ] 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) : 3 December 2023  
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 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