G/SPS/N/KOR/510  
 
10 July 2015  
(15-3564)  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:  The 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): 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: Proposed Draft Amendments to the Standards and 
Specifications for Livestock Products  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 31 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/KOR/15_2676_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendments seek to: 
1. Establish the definition of egg-related terms, expand the range of ingredients for egg 
products, and revise the processing standards for egg products; 
2. Revise the microbiological limits: 
a. Revise the specification of bacterial counts in milks, low-fat milks, non-fat milks, 
hydrolyzed lactose milk, processed milks, goats milk and pasteurized/non-
pasteurized egg products: 
 Milks, low-fat milks, non-fat milks, hydrolyzed lactose milk, processed milks, 
goats milk: ≤20,000 cfu/ml → n=5, c=2, m=10,000, M=50,000; 
 Pasteurized egg products/ready-to-eat egg product: ≤10,000 cfu/g → n=5, 
c=1, m=10,000, M=50,000; 
 Non-pasteurized egg products: ≤500,000 cfu/g → n=5, c=1, m=500,000, 
M=1,000,000; 
b. Revise the specification of Bacillus cereus  in milk formulas: 
 100/g → n=5, c=0, m=100; 
3. Revise the processing standards for ice creams; and 
4. Revise the microbiological test methods. 
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/510 
 
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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: 
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2015-217, 2 July 2015 
(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) : 8 September 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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, Cheongju-si 
Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, 363-700 Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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, Korea, 363-700 
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr