G/SPS/N/KOR/561  
 
29 March 2017  
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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 specifie d 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 Draft Amendme nts to the temporary 
Standards and  Specifications for food and Food Additives . Language(s): Korean . 
Number of pages: 29 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/KOR/17_1525_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendments seek to:  
1. Develop procedures for the use of approved ingredients of vitamins and minerals 
[Table 6] ; 
2. Add new ingredients approved for use in accordance with the Table 6 to the 
"Standards and Specifications of Health Functional Foods" ; 
3. Add calcium ascorbate with added threonate to the list of the approved ingredients 
of Vitamin C ; 
4. Add the testing method for calcium ascorbate with added threonate . 
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 the re 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 Heal th 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 dev iates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/KOR/561  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2017 -134, 20 March 2017  
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 comme nts: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 May 2017  
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: +(82 43) 719 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda @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:   
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, 363 -700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43)  719 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr