G/TBT/N/KOR/619  
 
7 December 2015  
(15-6454)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
International Cooperation Office 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro Osong-eup Heungdeok-gu 
Cheongju-si 
Chungcheongbuk-do 28159, Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719-1564 
Fax: (+82) 43-719-1550 Email: wtokfda@korea.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Revision 
of the "Labelling Standards for Foods" (163 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: 
 Integrate "general display panel" and "other  display panel" into "information display 
panel", and suggest standards for "principal display panel" and "information display panel". 
 Require the use a font size of 10 or greater when displaying labelling information. 
 Prohibit the use of "sesame" or "perilla" as the product name or part of the product 
name of edible oils and fats other than sesame oil and perilla oil. 
 Allow the omission of allergen labelling for alcoholic beverages and spirits. 
 Allow the attachment of stickers on packages of products in their natural state. 
 Delete the provision which requires the labelling of content for processed fruit and 
vegetable products (which have undergone simple processing) if the content may be 
identified through sensory analysis. 
 Add the definition of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). 
 Delete the term 'natural additives' from the provision regarding the labelling of the 
word "Natural". 
 Deregulate the labelling provision on spice product. 
 For the Korean labelling of imported foods, allow the labelling according to Korean 
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   Clarification on the expiration date labelling of imported products from exporting 
countries which don't require the labelling of expiration date. 
 For compound raw ingredients, amend the labe lling from the current five items to all 
items. 
 For imported apparatus, allow the labelling of 'Name of Entrusted 
Manufacturer(Country of Origin)' instead of 'Name of Manufacturer'. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Provide better information to consumers, promotion of public health  
8. Relevant documents: Ministry Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2015-388 
(26 November 2015) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
93, Isu-ro 
Maengdong-myeon Eumseong-gun Chungcheongbuk-do 
Republic of Korea, 27737 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525 Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682 
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr 
Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr   
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