G/SPS/N/KOR/471  
 
18 March 2014  
(14-1691)  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: 126 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/KOR/14_1443_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed amendment seeks to: 
1. Clarify definitions of "good quality and freshness", "decomposed/deteriorated" and 
"non-edible parts" in "Requirements of raw materials". 
2. Revise Annex 7 in Food Code 2.5.11 and the table of "forbidden veterinary drugs in 
foods": 
 Carbadox, olaquindox, dapsone, ronidazole and metronidazole, whose standards 
are "non-detection" in Annex 7, will move to the table of "forbidden veterinary 
drugs in foods". 
3. Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for pesticides in agricultural 
products (85 pesticides including iminoctadine, etc.). 
4. Establish the maximum residue limits for pesticides in ginseng (benalaxyl, captan, 
terbufos, spinetoram, sulfoxaflor, fluxapyroxad). 
5. Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in foods 
(sulfonamides, zilpaterol, tildipirosin). 
6. Revise the classification of veterinary drug residues in foods. 
7. Establish and revise analytical methods for pesticide residues in foods: 
 Revise the analysis method for fluxapyroxad; 
 Establish the analytical method for sulfuryl fluoride. 
8. Establish and revise analysis methods fo r veterinary drug residues in foods: 
 Revise the analysis methods for ractopamine and clenbuterol; 
 Establish the analysis method for tildipirosin. G/SPS/N/KOR/471 
 
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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: 
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2014-50, 5 March 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) : 17 May 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 1554 
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