G/SPS/N/KOR/453  
 
10 September 2013  
(13-4746)  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 additives 
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 Standards and 
Specifications for Food Additives  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 91 
http://www.mfds.go.kr/index.do?mi d=54&pageNo=1&s eq=21091&cmd=v  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/KOR/13_3517_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the Standards 
and Specifications for the Food Additives. 
1) The standards and specifications of the following 3 food additives are newly 
established: Sodium fluoride, potassium iodate, butane. 
2) The specifications of the following 18 food additives are revised: 
Nicotinic acid, nicotinamide, hypochlorous acid water, transglucosidase, natural 
flavoring substance, crude magnesium chlori de, dl-á-tocopheryl acetate, food starch 
modified, isomalt, phosphoric acid, pectin, yeast extract, grapefruit seed extract, 
carotene, enzymatically modified stevia, pancreatin, poly-ã-glutamic acid, mixed 
preparations of sodium L-glutamate. 
3) The standards for the use of the following 9 food additives are revised:  
Sodium metabisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, sulfur dioxide, sodium bisulfite, 
sodium sulfite, sodium hydrosulfite, sodium selenite, sodium selenate, natamycin. 
4) The standards and specifications of Lactic acid preparations, as a food contact 
surface sanitizing solution, are newly established and the specifications of 
hypochlorous acid water are revised. 
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/453 
 
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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 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: The 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2013-153, 27 August 2013 
(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) : 9 November 2013 
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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr  
13. Texts 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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr