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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/341 
20 August 2009 
 (09-3965) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS 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 of the Standards & Specifications 
for Foods  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  79 
6. Description of content:  In order to put practical and reasonable standards in place, the 
proposed amendments allow deep sea water to  be used in food; revise storage and 
distribution standards for kimchi , fried food, frozen bakery products and frozen jeotgal 
(salted, fermented and seasone d seafood); expand the types of food formulation; expand the 
definition of table salt; and revise the defin ition of food type for rice cakes and for 
processed tofu.  
For hazardous substances whose standards ar e not established, the revised provision 
stipulates that the strict standards of a dvanced countries may apply in comprehensive 
review of Commissioner of Korea Food and Drug Administration. 
Standards for lead and cadmium in processed meat and poultry products and standards for 
benzo(a)pyrene in smoked fishery product s are set for supply of safe food products. 
To provide clarity in standard application, th is proposal provides the list of pesticides which 
are allowed for use in other countries but ar e not registered in Korea to require non-
detection in agricultural products for such chemicals.  
This proposal also reflects the revised provisi ons of Standards and Specifications for Food 
Additives by revising standards for food preser vatives in fermented and concentrated fruit 
drinks. 
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.    G/SPS/N/KOR/341 
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 8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) The standard for lead in processed meat and poultry products only 
exists. 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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 Korea 
Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2009-227 (13 Aug 2009) (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) :  19 October 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu 
Seoul, 122-704 Korea  
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.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.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office 
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr