WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/383 
17 January 2011 
 (11-0263) 
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 Standards and Specifications 
for Foods  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  332   
6. Description of content:   
This amendment is to: 
• Establish standards for mycotoxin in foods for infant and young children 
• Establish additional standards and test methods of analogues of anti-impotence 
drugs such as Dichlorodenafil 
• Establish standards for Polychlorinated biphenyls detected in fish 
• Revise specifications for food additives in food products such as chewing gums 
• Eliminate of same or similar specifications in food types 
• Revise definitions of food types 
• Revise microbiological standards in processed meat and egg  products 
• Revise requirements of raw materials of ginseng/red ginseng beverages    
• Revise specifications for Bacillus cereus in formula foods for use in weight control 
diet  
• Revise general testing methods of Iodine, Micronutrient, Nitrite assay, Artificial 
sweeteners, Microbes and Veterinary drugs 
• Establish and revise standards of maximu m residue limits for pesticides in 
agricultural products  
• Establish and revise standards of veterinary drugs such as Flunixin 
• Revise classifications of veterinary drugs G/SPS/N/KOR/383 
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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 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 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 Noti ce No. 2010-294, 31 Dec 2010 (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) :  18 March 2011 
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 and Drug Administration #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-951,  Korea 
Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1551 Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr  G/SPS/N/KOR/383 
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  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 at 
http://www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:   
International Trade & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-951,  Korea Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1551 Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr