G/SPS/N/KOR/553  
 
15 December 2016  
(16-6848) 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 (MFDS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as speci fied in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Livestock products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Speci fic regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act . 
Language(s): Korean . Number of pages: 63 
http://members.wt o.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/KOR/16_5085_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendments seek to integrate processed 
livestock products with processed foods in order to clarify the overlapping regulations 
that impose a double burden of licen sing and  the necessary follow -up according to each 
regulation. For example, pork cutlets with less than 50 percentage of meat content are 
currently regulated by the Food Sanitation Act, instead of the Livestock Products 
Sanitary Control Act. 
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 standar d: 
[ ] 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 Co nvention (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/553  
 
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  9. Other relevant docum ents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2016 -153, 21 April 2016  (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 
notificatio n and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 February 2017  
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:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2 -ro, Oson g-eup, Heundeok -gu, Cheonju -shi 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
28159, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr  
13. Text(s)  available from: [ ]  National Notification A uthority, [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, , Heundeok -gu, Cheonju -shi 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
363-700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda @korea.kr