G/SPS/N/KOR/649/Add.1  
 
13 November 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 November 2020, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Republic of Korea . 
 
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Operational Plan for Recommended level of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Pollen Products  
The content is the same as G/SPS/N/KOR/649  
Product subject to regulation: Bee pollen and processed pollen  
Substance subject to regulation: Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs, 28 species)  
Recommended level: No more than 0.2 mg/kg  
Enforcement period: From 1 September 2019 until separate notice  
Corrective measures will be taken in case a food product exceeds the recommended level:  
− Urge to meet the recommended level and recommend actions for improvement  
(such as volunt ary recall, labelling correction, etc.).  
− In case actions for improvement are not executed to meet the level, relevant information will 
be publicly disclosed.  
The legal basis for this notification is The Food Sanitation Act Article 7 -2 
(Illustrations of Re commended Specifications, etc.).  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KOR/20_6936_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] 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 force  
[X] Other: Change of enforcement period (From 1 September 2019 until separate not ice) 
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 days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : From 1 September 2019 until separate notice  G/SPS/N/KOR/649/Add.1  
 
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  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  
Fax: +(8243) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr  
http://www.mfds.go.kr/brd/m_209/list.do   
 
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