G/SPS/N/KOR/494
30 January 2015 
(15-0666)  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 specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Livestock 
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 "Regulation for the 
Labelling of Livestock Products"  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 34 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/KOR/15_0526_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/KOR/15_0526_01_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The regulation for the labeling of livestock products has been 
revised in order to simplify labeling me thod and prevent obligators' confusion:  
1. Adjust terms to harmonize with the Labelling Standards for Foods; 
2. Specify the labelling method of production date for packed meat, etc; 
3. Introduce mandatory labelling of item manufacturing report number to facilitate 
systematic management of livestock products and their monitoring tasks (not for the 
imported products but for the domestic products);  
4. Introduce mandatory labelling of mechanically deboned meat when used as raw 
materials; 
5. Expand the range of mandatory labelling on allergic materials(from 12 to 24) and 
improve the labelling method by letting allergic materials labelled in a separated 
column in ingredients; 
6. Improve regulations on the labelling of so lid contents in meat extracted products: 
− Regulation on the labelling of solid contents is to provide information on the final 
extract concentration to consumers. However, if raw materials extract remains intact in the product, or for products without extracts, it is not necessary to label 
solid contents. They are exempted from mandatory labelling; 
7. Expand processed livestock products category subject to labelling nutrition 
information: 
− Adds ham to products category subject to labelling nutrition information; 
8. State error range of labelling caffeine contents in the labelling standards: 
− Establish basis regulations for the error range of caffeine, and specify error 
range of labelling caffeine contents.(The information of caffeine should be 
labelled when the concentration of caffeine is more than 0.15 mg per 1 ml); 
9. Clarify labelling method of heat treatment of processed meat by classifying it into 
'sterilized product', 'pasteurized product', and 'non-pasteurized product'; 
10. Introduce mandatory labelling of milk product made from non-pasteurized raw milk: 
− When a product is made from non-pasteurized milk or milk products, 'non-
pasteurization' must be labelled in its ingredients. G/SPS/N/KOR/494 
 
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  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 st andard? 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)    
[ ] 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: 
MFDS NOTIFICATION No. 2014-385 (18 December 2014) and No. 2015-15 (16 January 2015) 
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: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-700, Korea 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Korea Ministry of Government Legislation website at 
http://www.law.go.kr . Also available from:   
International Cooperation Office 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety  
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-700, Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr