G/SPS/N/KOR/443  
 
24 May 2013  
(13-2749)  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 or 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:  52 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/KOR/13_1951_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendment seeks to: 
1. Revise classification of seafood materials: 
 Seafood materials are classified into fish, invertebrate animals and fish roe; 
o Fish - classified into freshwater fi sh, diadromous fish and marine fish; 
o Invertebrate - classified into crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms and 
tunicates; and 
o Fish roe. 
2. Amend the units of vitamin D and E and change the name of nicotinic acid to niacin 
in infant formula and follow-up formula; 
3. Revise analytical methods: 
 Melamine: Revising LOQ 0.5 mg/kg to 0.15mg/kg in LC/MS/MS; 
4. Delete the standards and specifications for equipment, containers and packages from 
the Food Code due to its duplication in "Standards and Specifications for Food 
Utensil, Containers and Package"; 
5. Revise footnote in the Annex. 
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/443 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al 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:  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Advance Notice No. 2013-34, 6 May 2013 (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) :  23 July 2013 
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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr 
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 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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr