G/SPS/N/KOR/609  
 
27 July 2018  
(18-4763) 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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Food products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant o r 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: 109 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_4012_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Establish standards and specifications of foods for infants/young children, revise 
the name of food type "Other Foods for Infants/Young Children" and integrate 
"Cereal formulas for Infants/Young Children" into "Weaning foods for infants/Young 
Children";  
2. Establish the concept and definition of "Senior -Friendly Foods";  
3. Clarify and simply the standards and specifications of foodborne pathogens;  
4. Revise the standard of heavy metal (Arsenic) in Krill oil;  
5. Revise the standards of total heavy metals in foods;  
6. Add two newly identified subs tances in the list of illegal compounds and establish 
their test methods - Dithiopropylcarbodenafil, Chlorosipentramine;  
7. Modify and clarify some ingredients in [Annex 1],   [Annex 2] and [Annex 3];  
8. Modify General Test Methods according to the revisions in standards and 
specifications;  
9. Modify to reflect the revisions in Standards and Specifications of Food Additives 
and correct the errors in test methods, etc.  
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 standard? 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/609  
 
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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: Ministry 
of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2018 -315, 25 July 2018  (available in Korean)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publicatio n (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 2018  
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  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of othe r body:  
13. Text(s) 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 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, Heungdoek -gu Cheongju -si, 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
Tel: +(82 4 3) 719 1554  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr