G/SPS/N/KOR/492
9 January 2015
(15-0147)  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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food 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: Proposed Amendments to the Standards and 
Specifications for Foods  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 181 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/sps/KOR/15_0076_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to: 
1. Expand the usage range of treated deep sea water in foods.  - Permit the usage of deep sea water, concentrated deep seawater, 
mineral-enriched desalted deep sea water and mineral-enriched deep seawater in 
food production.  
2. Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for pesticides and veterinary drugs 
in foods.  
 - Establish the maximum residue limits for flupyradifurone, ipconazole and 
pyraclonil and expand the range of target agricultural products for other 
pesticides to 39 products.  
 - Establish the maximum residue limit of 0.1 mg/kg for 6-BA (6-Benzyl 
aminopurine, Benzyladenine) in soybean sprouts. 
 - Establish the maximum residue limits for various veterinary drugs (Roxithromycin, 
etc.) 
3. Exclude Coriandri Fructus from the list of  herbal medicines in common use for food 
and medicine. Add stem of Aristolochia manshuriensis Komarov, pokeweed 
(Phytolacca americana L.), echinacea (Ech inacea purpurea) and seed of jengkol 
(Archidendron jiringa Nielson) to the list of "Raw materials not usable in foods". 
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.   G/SPS/N/KOR/492 
 
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  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:     
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) : 10 March 2015 
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, Heungdoek-gu Cheongju-si, 
Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700, Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 
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 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 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr