G/SPS/N/KOR/450  
 
27 August 2013  
(13-4561)  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, 
herbal medicine, 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: Testing and Inspection of Food and Drugs Act  
Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 9 
6. Description of content: Testing laboratory management regulations under 6 different 
laws (including Food sanitation Act, Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, etc.) have been consolidated into a single Act. The key features of the new law are: 
 Establishment of 5-year master plan for food and drug testing performance 
improvement; 
 Designation and management of testing laboratories; 
 Establishment and operation of a laboratory data management system. 
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:   G/SPS/N/KOR/450 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Food Sanitation Act, Livestock Products Sani tation Control Act, Pharmaceutical Affairs 
Act, Medical Devices Act, Cosmetics Act, Health Functional Foods Act (available in 
Korean and English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 July 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 July 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 31 July 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. This notice serves as information to 
the WTO Members. 
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 1559 
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 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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr