G/SPS/N/KOR/749  
 
20 April 2022  
(22-3176) 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:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KOR/22_2910_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 for the use of nicotinic acid are revised. Nicotinic acid should be used 
only for Foods for particular nutritional uses, Foods for particular medical purpose, 
Food supplements and Nutriti on-enriched wheat flour;  
2) 22 active and inert ingredients for use in food -contact surface sanitizing solutions are 
deleted in the list:  
Acetic acid, chloro -, sodium salt, reaction products with 4,5 -dihydro -2-undecyl -1H-
imidazole -1-ethanol and sodium hydroxi de; Benzenesulfonic acid, dodecyl -, sodium 
salt; Boric acid, sodium salt; Butanedioic acid, sulfo -, 1,4-dioctyl ester, sodium salt;  
n-Carboxylic acids  (C6-C12) [consisting of a mixture of not less than 56% octanoic acid 
and not less than 40% decanoic acid ]; Chloromelamine (1,3,5 -Triazine, N,N',N" -
trichloro -2,4,6 -triamino -); 3-Cyclohexene -1-methanol, α,α,4 -trimethyl -; Fatty acids, 
coco, potassium salts; Fatty acids, tall -oil, sulfonated, sodium salts; Hydriodic acid; 
Lithium hypochlorite; Methylene blue; No nanoic acid ; Phenol, 4 -(1,1-dimethyl -propyl) -
; 9-Octadecenoic acid(9Z) -, sulfonated; 9 -Octadecenoic acid(9Z) -, sulfonated, sodium 
salts; Oxychloro species; 2,4 -Pentanediol, 2 -methyl ; Ethanol, 2 -(2-ethoxyethoxy) -; 
Phenol, 4 -chloro -2-(phenylmethyl) -; Phenylp henol ([1,1' -Biphenyl] -2-ol); Silver ions 
resulting from the use of electrolytically -generated silver ions stabilized in citric acid 
as silver dihydrogen citrate (does not include metallic silver).  
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/749  
 
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  [ ] 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 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 -171, 13 April 2022  
(available in Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/y y): To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2023  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 June 2022  
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, Oso ng-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