G/SPS/N/KOR/741  
 
7 October 2021  
(21-7574) 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):  Livestock 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 Regulation on Declaration 
and Inspection for Imported Livestock Products . Language(s):  Korean . Number of 
pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/KOR/21_6458_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The main proposed amendments are as follows:  
− regulating detailed procedures, such as the contents of the notification from the 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS ) and the time frames of the submission of the 
result of the cause investigation and corre ctive actions from an exporting country in 
the cases where MFDS requests the government of the exporting country to make 
corrections on a foreign establishment in which hazard has been found at the border 
inspections in Korea, stipulating necessary measure s taken by MFDS if the exporting 
country does not provide requested information or its corrective actions are not 
appropriate;  
− increasing the frequency of an on -site inspection up to five  consecutive times for the 
same livestock products from the same esta blishment when non -compliance in total 
consignment is identified at the on -site inspection;  
− expanding the range of information to be disclosed, such as inspection items when 
standards and specifications are newly established or reinforced.  
7. Objective an d 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protecti on Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/KOR/741  
 
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  [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:  
Administrative Notice of Ministry of Food and Drug Safety No. 2021 -473, 5 October 2021  
(available in Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Expected for adoption on January 2022 
(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) : Expected for adoption on January 2022 ( to be determined).  
[ ] Trade facilitati ng measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 6 December 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: +(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 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1597  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr