G/SPS/N/KOR/621  
 
30 October 2018  
(18-6797) 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 Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs  
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): Natural casing derived from cloven -hoofed animals  
4. Regions or countries likely to b e 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 Import Health 
Requirements for Natural Casing derived from Cloven -Hoofed Animals . Language(s): 
Korean.  Number of pages: 10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/KOR/18_5663_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendm ent seeks to:  
1. Revise requirements for Salted natural casing derived from cloven -hoofed animals as 
following, in accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code article 15.1.23 
and article 8.8.38.  
In case that salted natural casings derived from pigs are originated from 
countries(regions) that are not allowed to export pork meat to the Republic of Korea, the 
natural casings must be salted for at least 30 days with dry salt, saturated 
brine(Aw<0.80),  or phosphate supplemented only dry salt containing 86.5 percent NaCl, 
10.7 percent  Na2HPO4 and 2.8 percent Na3PO4  and must be kept at a temperature of 
greater than 12 °C during this entire period.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  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) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
article  15.1.23 and article 8.8.38  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/KOR/621  
 
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  [X] 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 Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Notice No. 2018 -378, 25 October 2018  
(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) : 29 December 2018  
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:  
Quarantine Policy Division  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs  
#94 Darom 2 -ro, Sejong -Si, 339 -012, Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2076  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr  
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 Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs website 
at http://www.mafra.go.kr . Also available from:  
Quarantine Policy Division  
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs  
#94 Darom 2 -ro, Sejong -Si, 339 -012, Korea  
Tel: +(82 44) 201 2076  
Fax: +(82 44) 868 0449  
E-mail: wtoagri@korea.kr