G/SPS/N/KOR/707  
 
17 February 2021  
(21-1323) 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 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:  Procedures and Requirements for On -Site Inspection 
of Foreign Facilities and Foreign Establishments (MFDS Notice) . Language(s):  Korean . 
Number of pages:  65 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/KOR/21_1199_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1) Revise and streamline the sanitation standards for foreign food facilities and foreign 
establishments (Annex 1):  
− Duplicate items in the standards are merged and removed: from 91 items to 
71 items;  
2) Revise and streamline the  checklist for foreign food facilities (Annex 2):  
− Duplicate items in the checklist for food facilities are merged and removed: from 
122 items to 80 items;  
3) Revise and streamline the checklist for foreign establishments (Annex 3):  
− Duplicate items in the chec klist for mammal slaughterhouses are merged and 
removed: from 164 items to 160 items;  
− Duplicate items in the checklist for poultry slaughterhouses are merged and 
removed: from 144 items to 142 items;  
− Duplicate items in the checklist for meat cutting and pa ckaging plants are merged 
and removed: from 107 items to 102 items;  
− Duplicate items in the checklist for livestock processing plants are merged and 
removed: from 109 items to 105 items;  
− Duplicate items in the checklist for egg packaging plants are merged a nd 
removed: from 77 items to 76 items;  
4) Revise and streamline miscellaneous provisions ( Attached Forms 1 -1, 1-2, 1-3, 
Attached Form 2):  
− A due date for a reply to MFDS' official statement on on -site inspection is added 
(MFDS Notice, Article 5, paragraph 2, s ubparagraph 2);  
− Wording has been updated and modified.  G/SPS/N/KOR/707  
 
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  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) :  
[ ] 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:  
Ministry  of Food and Drug Safety Advance Noti ce No. 2021 -062, 9 February 2021  
(available in Korean)  
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: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 March 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts: [ ] 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 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr