G/TBT/N/KOR/463  
 
13 January 2014  
(14-0099)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Documents are available from the Ministry Food and Drug safety website 
(http://www.mfds.go.kr ).  
 
Also available from:  International Cooperation Office 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
187 Osongsaengmyeong  2-ro, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-700  
Republic of Korea   
Tel: (+82) 43 719-1564 Fax: (+82) 43-719-1550 
Email: wtokfda@korea.kr  
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Livestock 
products 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Regulation for 
the Labelling of Livestock Products, (34 pages, in Korean).     
6. Description of content:  The regulation for the labeling of livestock products has been 
revised in order to simplify labeling method and prevent obligators' confusion.  
  Harmonizes calorie labelling in the net quantity of contents, precautionary 
labelling, Standard on nutrient content label with 'Labelling Standards on Foods': 
  Revises calorie labelling in the net quantity of contents from calories of one 
serving to that of quantity of contents. 
 Adds contact points for report on defective and/or adulterated livestock products 
and caffeine information on the precautionary labelling. 
 Revises nutrient content label in the sub-criteria of livestock products to 
harmonize with food labelling standards. 
 Reflects new category established to 'Proposed Draft Amendments to the 
Processing Standards and Ingredient Specifications for Livestock Products': 
 Revises the name of categories: "seasoned meat" etc.  G/TBT/N/KOR/463 
 
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   'Natural casing' in the category of livestock processed products is exceptionally 
classified from the defi nition of "natural".  
 Establishes standard on one-serving for new category: "fermented sausages", 
etc.[Table 3]  
 Improves an allowable error setting between labelled quantity of contents and 
quantity of actual amounts. [Proposal-Appendix 2] 
 [Appendix 2] Revises an allowable error that the shortage amount was resulted by 
labelled quantity of contents amount and quan tity of actual amount, to be classified by 
weight and capacity from category.  
 Reflects recently-revised contents of the Korean nutrient intake standards and 
nutrient standards chart.  
 Applied in accordance with the Korean nutrient intake standard revised in 2010. 
 Includes 'Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City' in the Producer Code for eggshell 
marking. 
 With a recent establishment of 'Sejong Metropolitan Autonomous City' a new city 
code(#17) was added to the 'City and Province Number' for 'Producer Code' on eggshell.  
 Complements the definition of 'macronutrient' and 'micronutrient' in nutrition 
contents label.  
 Corrects errors in the lists of each nutrient ingredient: detail labelling method 
 Indicates differences in nutrient contents level by subdividing 'nutrient highlighting 
label' into each nutrient that corresponds to 'macronutrient' and 'micronutrient'. 
  Expands livestock products category subject to labelling, which includes 
processed meat products manufactured and/or sold by processed instant meat 
distributors. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of consumers and promotion of public health. 
8. Relevant documents:  MFDS NOTIFICATION No. 2013-264   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification  
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
96 Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Rep. of Korea 427-716 
Tel.: (+82) 2 509 7254/7255; Fax: (+82) 2 509 7307 E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr ; Website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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