G/SPS/N/KOR/ 550 
 
19 October 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: REPUBLIC OF K OREA  
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: 443 
http://membe rs.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/KOR/16_4376_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1.  Expand the list of Raw materials permitted to be used in foods.  
Add commodities such as Allomyrina dichotoma, Protaetia brevitarsis, Kajime 
(Ecklonia cava), the bulbil of East Asian mountain yam (Dioscorea batatas Decaisne) 
and Weissella cibaria into the list.  
2.  Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for two newly registered pesticides 
(Cyclaniliprole and Pyflubumide) in foo ds, and expand the range of target agricultural 
products for 90 pesticides.  
3.  Etablish and revise the maximum residue limits for certain veterinary drugs 
(Cyproheptadine, Iodohydroxy quinoline sulfonic acid and Flumethasone) in foods.  
4.  Modify the term inologies and wordings in the Standards and Specifications for Foods.  
Establish definitions for certain terminologies such as infants and children.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans f rom animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
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 relate d 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  G/SPS/N/KOR/550  
 
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  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 N otice No. 2016 -674, 11 October 2016  
(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 publicati on, 
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) : 18 December 2016  
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 Cheon gju-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 availab le) 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 O songsaengmyeong2 -ro, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr