G/SPS/N/KOR/442  
 
21 May 2013  
(13-2643)  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;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Children's favorite foods 
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 quality authentication 
standards for children's favorite foods  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  25 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/KOR/13_1846_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed notification seeks to amend the quality 
authentication standards for children's favorite foods1 as below: 
 the scope for eligible establishments which was previously limited only to HACCP 
adopted establishments is expanded to include establishment with good hygiene 
condition2; 
 the scope for imported food items which was previously limited only to 
"preregistration system of import foods"3 is expanded to include "food products 
registered under Good Importer Practice"4 that are applied and registered by the 
domestic importers; 
 for food poisoning bacteria in cooked foods served at restaurants, instead of 
previously applied common standards, specific standards for cooked foods served at 
restaurants will be applied; 
 the standards for sodium in deep-fried noodles (only applies to bowl noodles) are 
amended from less than 600mg per servin g to less than 1,000mg per serving. 
1 The term "children's favorite foods" means food s that children prefer or eat frequently among 
foods under the Food Sanitation Act or the Live stock Products Sanitary Control Act, which are 
prescribed by Presidential Decree. 
2 As specified in Appendix 2. 
3 This system is designed to secure the safety of food imports by pre- emptively verifying food 
exporter's sanitation status and suitability fo r HACCP standards prior to customs clearance. 
Although applying for the system is voluntary, an on-site inspection by KFDA must be conducted, 
for the applicant to be registered. If registered , exporters can be exempted from several customs 
clearance procedures. 
4 This system is designed to include importers with responsibility for the safety of food imports, by 
conducting inspections of manufactu ring facilities, prior to on-site inspection by the KFDA. If the 
KFDA approves the facilities, food imports from a pproved facilities are exempted from some import 
inspections.  G/SPS/N/KOR/442 
 
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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 seri al 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. 2013-33 (6 May 2013) (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) :  20 July 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handle  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 #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun Chuncheongbuk-do, 363-951 Korea 
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(http://www.mfds.go.kr ). Also available from:  
International Cooperation Office  
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 
#643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun 
Chuncheongbuk-do, 363-951 Korea Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr