G/SPS/N/KOR/496  
 
12 March 2015  
(15-1406)  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): Testing laboratories (food, livestock product, drug, 
traditional Korean medicinal substance, medical device, cosmetics) 
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 regulation of Food and 
Drugs Testing Laboratories Assessment  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 52 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/KOR/15_1171_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
a. Amend Annex 4 LAQAS (Laboratory Quality Assurance Standards) of the regulation 
of Food and Drugs Testing Laboratories Assessment to install testing record 
management system (such as Audit trail for instruments, using laboratory notebook for manual testing, etc). 
b. Amend the Certificate of Laboratory Testing to minimize fraud possibility. 
c. Establish requirements of re-operating laboratory after service suspension due to 
testing ability. 
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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None   G/SPS/N/KOR/496 
 
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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: Testing 
and Inspection of Food and Drugs Act, Enforc ement Regulation of Testing and Inspection 
of Food and Drugs Act (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: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 April 2015 
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, 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 Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Korea Ministry of Government Legislation website at: 
http://www.law.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 363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr