G/SPS/N/KOR/765  
 
21 December 2022  
(22-9612) 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):  Livestock 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 the Standards and 
Specifications for Food Additives . Language(s):  Korean . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KOR/22_8744_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The main proposed amendments are as follows:  
− Newly inserted a regulation that states: "In cases where the imported livestock 
products that were subjects of laboratory inspections or random sample tests are 
being re -declared for importation after being either withdrawn by the person who 
applied for declarat ion or rejected by the head of the Regional Offices of Food and 
Drug Safety, the relevant livestock products must go through the relevant laboratory 
inspections or random sample tests."  
− Newly inserted a regulation that states: "The procedure for the exempt ion of the 
document review and field test for the annually planned volume of importation for 
livestock products imported by good importers."  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from anim al/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, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant inte rnational standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/KOR/765  
 
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  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:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Expected for adoption on Febr uary 2023  
(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) : Expected for entry into force  on Febr uary 2023  (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) : 19 February 2023  
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:   
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: intmfds@korea.kr