G/SPS/N/KOR/520  
 
23 October 2015  
(15-5611)  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; IC S 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: Proposed Amendments to Standards and 
Specifications for Foods  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 396 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/KOR/15_4289_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to: 
1. Revise the list of Raw materials allowed in food and delete the list of Raw materials 
not allowed in food; 
2. Newly establish a food type called Milk protein hydrolysate formula for infants and 
young children; 
3. Revise the qualitative specification to quantitative specification (not less than the 
labelled amount) for enzyme foods; 
4. Newly establish a food type called Honey from sugar-fed honey bees and 
Honeycomb honey from sugar-fed honey bees. Also, include specifications for carbon 
isotope ratio for honey products; 
5. Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for pesticides in foods: 
 Establish the maximum residue limits for propyrisulfuron and expand the range 
of target agricultural produc ts for 87 types of pesticides; 
 Establish the maximum residue limits for spinetoram in livestock products; 
6. Permit the import of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides, Dissostichus 
mawsoni) and revise the raw material requ irements for frozen edible fish heads; 
7. Permit the use of Oak chip (bar) in the ma nufacturing and processing of fruit wine; 
8. Delete the standard for sulphur dioxide in dried sugar-preserved (sugaring) food to 
be consistent with Korea Food Additives Code; 
9. Revise the general test methods for microorganisms, pesticides, etc. and establish 
the test methods for sugar content, solid content and carbon isotope ratio. 
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.   G/SPS/N/KOR/520 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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 Notice No. 2015-325, 15 October 2015 
(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: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 December 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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 1554 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr