G/SPS/N/KOR/623  
 
4 January 2019  
(19-0057) 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 o r 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: 180 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KOR/19_0106_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to:  
1. Revise the definitions and processing and manufacturing standards of certain foods;  
2. Revise the specification of methanol for General distilled alcoholic beverage;  
3. Revise the storage and distribution standards;  
4. Revise the use standards of "Ingredients approved for limited use in food "; 
5. Revise the lists of food ingredients (Annexes 1 and 2);  
6. Revise the substances subjected to the maximum residual limits of veterinary drugs;  
7. Establish the maximum residual limits of pesticides for agricultural products;  
8. Revise the maximum residual limits  of veterinary drugs in foods;  
9. Revise the general test methods;  
10. Modify certain terminologies and phrases to reflect the revisions of other relevant 
Acts. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect hum ans 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 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 relev ant international standard?  G/SPS/N/KOR/623  
 
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  [ ] 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 Notice No. 2018 -488, 29 November 2018  (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 publicat ion, 
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) : 5 March 2019  
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, Osong -eup, Heungdoek -gu Cheongj u-si 
Chungcheongbuk -do 
363-700, Korea  
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@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) 719 1564  
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550  
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.k