WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/KOR/432 
12 October 2012 
 (12-5534) 
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:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS 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 Amendment of Standards and Specifications for 
Food Additives  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  80 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/KOR/12_4003_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Republic of Korea is proposin g to amend the "Standards and 
Specifications for the Food Additives". 
(1) A new food additive is authorized:  Urease 
(2) The specifications of the followi ng 39 food additives are revised: 
Hydrogen peroxide, dl-menthol, l-menthol, water-soluble annatto, L-cysteine 
monohydrochloride, calcium chloride, lactic acid, potassium phosphate tribasic, potassium L-bitartrate, carmine, polydextr ose, potassium pyrophosphate, manganese 
sulfate, magnesium phosphate tribasic, magnesium silicate, potassium gluconate, 
potassium lactate, sucralose, sodium aluminium phosphate acidic, sodium aluminium 
phosphate basic, calcium silicate, magnesium L-lactate, potassium sodium L-tartrate, licorice extract, lipase, cyanocobalamin, car amel color, cochineal extract, tamarind 
gum, grape skin extract, yeast, sandalwood red, carotene, thaumatin, hesperidin, 
natural flavoring substances, gold leaf, poly- γ-glutamic acid, mixed preparations 
(3) The standards for the use of the fo llowing 26 food additives are revised:  
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate, calcium disodium ethylenediamine-tetraacetate, fast green FCF (including aluminium lakes), amaranth (including 
aluminium lakes), erythrosine, allura red (including aluminium lakes), brilliant blue 
FCF (including aluminium lakes), indigocarmine (including aluminium lakes), tartrazine (including aluminium lakes), sunset yellow FCF (including aluminium lakes), ponceau 4R, titanium dioxide, sodium  metabisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, 
sulfur dioxide, sodium bisulfite, sodium su lfite, sodium hydrosulfite, propionic acid. G/SPS/N/KOR/432 
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  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 stan dard?  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 Korea 
Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2012-210, 28 September 2012 
(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) :  11 December 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
International Trade & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Ch eongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr  G/SPS/N/KOR/432 
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  13. Texts 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 Korea Food and Drug Administration website at 
http://www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Ch eongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea  Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr