G/SPS/N/KOR/786  
27 July 2023  
(23-5133) 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:  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):  Health functional 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:  Proposed Amendments to Standards and Specification 
for Health Functional Foods . Language(s):  Korean . Number of pages:  71 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KOR/23_11307_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments seek to:  
1) Revision of specification, warning notice for intake, and daily intake amount : 
- Tighthen heavy metal specification of conjugated linoleic acids and  
chitosan/chitooligosaccharides ; 
- Strengthen anthraquinone compound specification in aloe gel ; 
- Alteration of da ily intake amount of oat dietary fiber, chitosan/chitooligosaccharides,  
garcinia cambogia extracts, and aloe gel ; 
- Amendment of warning notice of intake for 9 functional raw materials ; 
2) Establishment of definition and test method for 'long -acting' product wi th delayed -
release : 
- Limited to water -soluble vitamins ; 
3) Improvement of manufacturing method of aloe gel ; 
4) Unification of Folic acid units - ㎍ ⇒ ㎍ DFE. 
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  G/SPS/N/KOR/786  
 
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  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:    
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) : 25 September 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National En quiry 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, 28159, Republic of 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, 28159, Republic of Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr