WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/KOR/421 
27 July 2012 
 (12-4117) 
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 for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified 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   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendments to Livestock Prod ucts Sanitary Control Act, 
its Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rule  Language(s):  Korean  Number of 
pages:   82 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/KOR/12_2910_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Main points of Amendments to Livestock Products Sanitary 
Control Act, its Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rule 
1. Amendments to the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act: 
(a) Changed the Korean term equivalent to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point to 
Safety Management Certification Standa rd as official translation of  HACCP; 
(b) Made HACCP a mandatory guideline for a greater number of processing facilities; (c) Added a new clause on exemption from inspection and evaluation on observing 
HACCP; 
(d) Allowed only veterinary inspectors to conduct inspection of all domestic animals 
and livestock products; 
(e) Stipulated livestock sanitary provisions to be followed by anyone who intends to 
ship domestic animals or livestock products; 
(f) Added a new order that grants authorit y to veterinary inspectors to suspend 
slaughter under hazardous circumstances. G/SPS/N/KOR/421 
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  2. Amendments to Enforcement Decree of Li vestock Products Sanitary Control Act: 
(a) In order to develop detailed standa rds of fines imposed for breaching minor 
regulations set forth by the ordinance of MIFAFF among labelling regulations and 
provisions to be followed by operators, th e standards will be established by issuing 
an ordinance of MIFAFF; 
(b) Greater fines will be imposed to slaught er operators who violate Sanitary Control 
Standard and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point; 
3. Amendments to Enforcement Rule of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act; 
(a) Improved sanitary control standards for slaughterhouses to enhance sanitation 
conditions in slaughterhouses; 
(b) When the same livestock products as th e ones that were determined to be 
inappropriate for import in a thorough inspec tion or random sample test (limited to 
the products with the same manufacturing date and/or the same expiration date) 
given at the time of importation are clea red customs after document examination, 
such products will be collected for inspec tion.  If the same products are imported 
again, they shall be determined to be inappropriate for import; 
(c) Improved facility standards for slaught erhouses to enhance sanitation conditions in 
slaughterhouses.  Established exceptions that allow retail meat sales business and 
instant manufacturing, processing and sales business to share space for operation instead of each required to be operated in a separated or divided area; 
(d) Amended criteria for administrative action for slaughter operators; (e) Improved compliance requirements of slaughter operators and their employees; 
(f) Specified standards of fines for violat ions of labelling sta ndards and compliance 
requirements of operators.  
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:     G/SPS/N/KOR/421 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Korean 
official government gazette, Ministry for Food , Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Notice 
No. 2012-330, 331, 332 (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) :  25 September 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Food Safety & Sanitation Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 
Republic of Korea 
Tel: +(82) 2 500 2102 Fax: +(82) 2 503 0020 Email: chungjae92@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Safety & Sanitation Division  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea Tel: +(82) 2 500 2102 Fax: +(82) 2 503 0020 
Email: chungjae92@korea.kr