G/SPS/N/KOR/448  
 
1 August 2013  
(13-4145)  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; IC S 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: 69 
http://www.mfds.go.kr/index.do?mi d=54&pageNo=1&s eq=20799&cmd=v  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to: 
1. Establish the standard for the Campylobacter coli  in ready-to-eat; 
2. Revise microbiology Salmonella  standard in food including the sampling plan for 
microbiological criteria to harmonize with international standard: 
 Cream breads: n=5, c=0, m=0/10g 
 Cocoa products or Chocolates, Pasteurized processed meat and egg products, 
Processed peanut and nut products, Ready-to-eat foods: n=5, c=0, m=0/25g 
3. Revise the lead and cadmium standard for perennial ginseng, balloon flower and 
Codonopsis lanceolata  among perennial root ve getables as follows: 
 Lead: 2.0 mg/kg, Cadmium: 0.2 mg/kg  
4. Establish new standard for lead in infant formula (0.01 mg/kg); 
5. Specify the maximum residue limit on amitraz (insecticide, unit: mg/kg): 
 Cattle (muscle: 0.05, liver: 0.2, kidney: 0.2, fat: 0.2) 
 Pig (muscle: 0.05, liver: 0.2, kidney: 0.2, fat: 0.4) 
 Sheep (muscle: 0.05, liver: 0.1, kidney: 0.2, fat: 0.4, milk: 0.01) 
6. Establish new standards on infant formula and follow-up formula as follows for 
harmonizing with international standard: 
 Infant formula: calorie, £\-linolenic acid, ratio of linoleic acid and £\-linolenic 
acid, carbohydrate 
 Follow up formula: calorie 
7. Establish the food type of fermented alcohol; and 
8. Ban the use of Aquilaria agallocha  (agilawood), Chinemys reevesii  (freshwater 
tortoise) as food ingredient in line with CITES (Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). G/SPS/N/KOR/448 
 
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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 st andard? 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: 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2013-113, 16 July 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) : 30 September 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Notifi cation 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