G/SPS/N/KOR/454  
 
16 September 2013  
(13-4878)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
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: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Japan  
5. Title of the notified document: Temporary safety measure on imported fish, bivalves, 
molluscs and algae from Japan  Language(s):  Number of pages:   
6. Description of content: These are temporary safety measures to protect public health 
from leaked water with radioactivity. 
1. Additional ban on import of fish, bivalves, molluscs and algae from Japan: 
 Ban on fish, bivalves, molluscs and algae from Fukushima and neighbouring seven 
prefectures in Japan* 
 * Banned prefectures: Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kunma, Miyagi, Iwate, Dochigi, Chiba, 
Aomori. 
 Effective date: 9 September 2013. However, previously shipped consignments 
follows previous measure. 
2. Revision of the standard of radioactivity material(134+137 Cs): 
 Previous: 370 Bq/kg - Revised: 100 Bq/kg. 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Water 
contaminated by radioactivity has been leaked in Japan. 
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? 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 G/SPS/N/KOR/454 
 
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  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:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:      
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
9 September 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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, 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 Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (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