G/SPS/N/KOR/604  
 
2 July 2018  
(18-4135) 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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Food products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant o r practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Amendments to the Standards and 
Specifications for Foods . Language(s): Korean.  Number of pages: 9 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_3350_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Establish Manufacturing and Processing Standards for lunch boxes.  
Specific requirements for disinfection of fruits and vegetables, cooling process before 
packaging and thawing of frozen fishery products.  
2. Add six aquatic species in the "Ingredients Approved for Use in Food" list. 
Northern propeller clam ( Cyrtodaria siliqua ), Goldstripe sardinella 
(Sardinella  gibbosa ), Patagonian scallop ( Zygochlamys patagonia ), Patagonian squid 
(Loligo gahi ), Peruvian calico scallop ( Argopecten purpuratus ) and Scarlet shrimp 
(Aristaeopsis ewardsian a/Plesiopenaeus edwardsianus ). 
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, chapte r 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:  G/SPS/N/KOR/604  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Ministry of  Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2018 -274, 28 June 2018  (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) : 31 August 2018  
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:  
Ministry of  Food and Drug safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup,  
Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, Chungcheongbuk -do 
363-700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
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 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr