G/TBT/N/KOR/487  
 
7 May 2014  
(14-2821)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Documents are available from the Ministry Food and Drug Safety website 
(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  
Republic of Korea   Tel.:  (+82) 43 719-1564 
Fax: (+82) 43-719-1550 
Email:  wtokfda@korea.kr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable):  Health 
Functional Food Products. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
amendments to the labelling standards for Health Functional Foods (9 pages, in Korean).     
6. Description of content:  This notification specifies the mandatory labelling requirements 
for Health Functional Foods: 
1. When subdividing and repackaging Health Functional Foods, the final repackaged 
 label must include the contents of the original label, as well as the name and 
 address of the manufacturer of the repackaged product; 
2. The label may include barcodes and electronic tags other than Braille (dots) to 
 provide information of Health Functional Foods for visually impaired persons; 
3. The certification mark for Health Functional Foods is changed due to the 
 integration of certification marks at MFDS (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety). 
4. When labelling the ratio of Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs), values of decimal 
 points must be rounded off to the nearest whole number. 
5. As the labelling of organic processed food is now integrated and managed by the 
Act on the Fostering of Environment-Friendly Agriculture and Fisheries and the Management¤Support of Organic Foods (a pplied by the Ministry of Agriculture 
Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) since 1 January 2014), the proposed amendments 
delete sections related to the labelling of organic processed foods. G/TBT/N/KOR/487 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of consumers and Food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   MFDS Notice No. 2014-101 (18 April, 2014). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 96 Gyoyukwongil, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Rep. of  Korea 427-716 Tel.:  (+82) 2 509 7254/7255  Fax:  (+82) 2 509 7307 
E-mail:  tbt@kats.go.kr    Website:  http://www.knowtbt.kr   
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