G/SPS/N/KOR/579  
 
18 October 2017  
(17-5605) 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: 323 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/KOR/17_4657_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Revise the "Ingredients Approved  for Use in Food" and "Ingredients Approved for 
Limited Use in Food" lists  as follows:  
 Use condition for Wilford's swallow -wort ( Cynanchum wilfodii  (Maxim.) Hemsl.) is 
established to allow only the water extract of tuberous root of Wilford's 
swallow -wort  to be used in food.  
 The n ames of food ingredients are revised and duplicated food ingredients are 
combined for clarification . 
 Six fishery products and four microorganisms are added to "Ingredients Approved 
for Use in Food" list or "Ingredients Approv ed for Limited Use in Food" list.  
2. Revise the Preservation and Distribution Standards for "Other processed fish meat 
products" with low moisture; several types of "Beverages"; and frozen products which 
are transported by delivery service.  
3. Establish the fo od type, manufacturing/processing standards and acid value standard, 
etc. of "Fish oil".  
4. Revise the microbiological limits for several food types as follows:  
 Bacteria count limits for "Coffee" and "Other foods for infants/young children" . 
 Cronobacter spp.  limit for foods for infants/young children . 
5. Establish and revise the maximum residual limits (MRLs) for pesticides in agricultural 
produc ts as follows:  
 MRLs for 78 pesticides , including Deltamethrin , are revised or newly established . 
 MRLs for 237 unregist ered pesticides are indicated as provisional MRLs . 
6. Revise the "General Test Methods".  
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.  G/SPS/N/KOR/579  
 
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  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 A nimal 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: Ministry 
of  Food and Drug Safety  Advance Notice No. 2017 -366, 29 September 2017  (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 determin ed. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 December 2017  
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:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of   Food and Drug safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
363-700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr  
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 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr