G/TBT/N/KOR/526
17 September 2014 
(14-5197)  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, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si,  
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Proposed Revision 
of the "Labelling Standards for Food s" (15 pages, in Korean).     
6. Description of content: MFDS proposed the following revisions to the Labelling standards 
for foods :  
• To extend the list of allergenic substances to be declared on the label. 
• Previous list (13): eggs (limited to poultry), milk, buckwheat, peanut, soybean, 
wheat, mackerel, crab, shrimp, pork, peach, tomato, sulphites (where 
concentrations of 10mg/kg or more as SO 2 in the final product) 
• Newly added to the list (11): walnut, pine nut, kiwi, chicken, clam, oyster, 
abalone, mussel, squid, beef, sesame seed 
• To clearly highlight allergen labelling by presenting the allergenic substance list 
in a separate alert box of distinct background colour at the end of ingredient list(e.g., "contains peanut substance") 
• To require common group name to be indicated next to allergenic substance 
using parenthesis (e.g., "contains shrimp(crustacean) substance") 
• To increase the font size of the name and content of the ingredient to be declared on 
PDP when the ingredient name is used in the product’s name (12-point or greater → 
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  • To clarify the phrase for allergy warning so as to prevent confusion regarding its 
interpretation. 
• Delete the mandatory labelling of the deta iled types of 'bread', and the mandatory 
labelling of the contents of peanuts or processed products of nuts. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Providing better information to consumers; promotion of public health.  
8. Relevant documents:  Ministry Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2014-273 
(5 September 2014) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division 
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) 
93, Isu-ro, Maengdong-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do,  Republic of Korea, 369-811 
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