G/TBT/N/KOR/550
3 February 2015 
(15-0744)  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 (MFDS) 
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 : 
Documents are available from the Ministry Food and Drug safety website 
(http://www.mfds.go.kr ) 
Also available from:  
International Cooperation Office Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup 
Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700 Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82) 43 719-1564 Fax: (+82) 43-719-1550 
Email: wtokfda@korea.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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): Livestock products 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Regulation for the 
Labelling of Livestock Products (5 pages, in Korean) 
6. Description of content: The regulation for the labelling of livestock products has been 
revised in order to simplify labelling method and prevent obligators' confusion.  
1. Adjust terms to harmonize with the Labelling Standards for Foods; 
2. Specify the labelling method of production date for packed meat, etc.; 
3. Introduce mandatory labelling of item ma nufacturing report number to facilitate 
systematic management of livestock products and their monitoring tasks (not for the 
imported products but for domestic products); 
4. Introduce mandatory labelling of mechanically deboned meat when used as raw 
materials; 
5. Expand the range of mandatory labelling on allergic materials (from 12 to 24) and 
improve the labelling method by letting allergic materials labelled in a separated 
column in ingredients; 
6. Improve regulations on the labelling of solid contents in meat extracted products: 
Regulation on the labelling of solid contents is to provide information on the final 
extract concentration to consumers. However, if raw materials extract remains intact in the product, or for products without extr acts, it is not necessary to label solid; 
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  7. Expand processed livestock products category subject to labelling nutrition 
information: Adds ham to products category subject to labelling nutrition 
information; 
8. State error range of labelling caffeine contents in the labelling standards: Establish 
basis regulations for the error range of caffeine, and specify error range of labelling 
caffeine contents.(the information of caffeine should be labelled when the 
concentration of caffeine is more than 0.15mg per 1ml); 
9. Clarify labelling method of heat treatment of processed meat by classifying it into 
"sterilized product", "pasteurized prod uct", and "non-pasteurized product"; 
10. Introduce mandatory labelling of milk product made from non-pasteurized raw milk: 
When a product is made from non-pasteurized milk or milk products, 'non-pasteurization' must be labelled in its ingredients. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of consumers and promotion of public health 
8. Relevant documents:  MFDS Notification No. 2014-385 and No. 2015-15 
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 date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
WTO TBT Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 93, Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon 
Eumseong-gun 
Chungcheongbuk-do Rep. of  Korea 369-811 
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525 
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