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G/SPS/N/KOR/420 
27 July 2012 
 (12-4120) 
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):  Health/functional foods 
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 Health/Functional Foods  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  105 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/KOR/12_2909_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments: 
- simplify classification categories of functional ingredients according to the 
characteristics of active compound of functional ingredients; 
- add ingredients of the source or chemi cal forms of vitamins and minerals in 
conformity with the revised Food Additive Code (proposed amendment as 
G/SPS/N/KOR/388): 
-  amend the specification of functional compounds (or marker compounds), 
functionality and test methods of red ginseng; 
- add horse, rabbit and donkey as raw materials of mucopolysaccharide-mucoprotein.
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)    G/SPS/N/KOR/420 
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  [ ] 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. 2012-144, 13 July 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) :  25 September 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 
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