G/SPS/N/KOR/743  
 
1 December 2021  
(21-9043) 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 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:  98 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/KOR/21_7456_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments seek to:  
1. Revise the Preservation and Distribution Standards;  
2. Establish standards and specifications of "Nutritional formulas for the elderly";  
3. Establish the manufacturing standards of "Food for special medical purposes for cancer 
patients";  
4. Limit and remove the use of food ingredients in [Annex 1] and [Annex 2];  
5. Revise the limit of mycotoxin(fumonisin) in maize; 
6. Revise the specification of frozen foods for consumption after heating;  
7. Revise the specifications of foodborne pathogens i n Ready -to-eat/Convenience foods;  
8. Revise and clarify some food ingredients in [Annex 1], [Annex 2] and [Annex 3];  
9. Establish the maximum residual limits in veterinary drugs [Ketoprofen];  
10. Revise and establish the maximum residual limits in livestock and fish ery products 
[Spinosad and five residual substances including Cyhalothrin];  
11. Revise other provisions such as General Test Methods.  
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 tex t):  
[ ] 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/743  
 
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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 Noti ce No. 2021 -572, 30 November 2021  
(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) : 30 January 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comm ents: [  ] 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 1569  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@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 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 43) 7 19 1569  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr