G/SPS/N/KOR/482  
 
30 July 2014  
(14-4421)  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 additives 
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 Food Additives  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 113 
6. Description of content:  
1. The standards and specifications of the following three food additives are newly 
established: Ammonium phosphatides, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and calcium caseinate. 
2. The 'General provision' and the 'Standards  for manufacturing and preparation' are 
revised. 
3. The specifications of the following 51 food additives are revised: 
Brilliant blue FCF, ferrous fumarate, magnesium silicate, synthetic flavoring 
substances, Kuk, B-glucanase, glucoamylase, glucose oxidase, glucose isomerase, diastase, lactase, lysozyme, lipase, cellulase, a-amylase, alginic acid, milk clotting 
enzyme, inveratase, Jongkuk, caramel color, catalase, trypsin, pectinase, pepsin, 
pullulanase, protease, hemicellulase, yeast, yeast extract, dextranase, maltogenic amylase, exomaltotetrahydrolase, transglucosidase, phospholipase, chitosanase, sesame seed oil unsaponified matter, transglutaminase, pancreatin, 
maltotriohydrolase, tannase, a-galactosidase, B-glycosidase, glutaminase, 
asparaginase, a-acetolactate decarboxylase,  xylanase, 5'-deaminase, a-glucosidase, 
phosphodiesterase, urease, mixed preparations for noodles. 
4. The standards for the use of the following 13 food additives are revised: 
Sodium metabisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, sulfur dioxide, sodium bisulfite, sodium sulfite, sodium hydrosulfite, sodium saccharin, acesulfame potassium, 
aspartame, sucralose, zinc sulfate, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen. 
5. The provisions of 'Standards for manufacturing and preparation' relevant to a food 
contact surface-sanitizing solutions are revised. Also nitric acid is added to the list of ingredients available to use in of food contact surface-sanitizing solutions. G/SPS/N/KOR/482 
 
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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: 
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2014-207, 24 July 2014 (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) : 28 September 2014 
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. Texts 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, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-700, Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr