. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/172 
15 December 2004 
 (04-5514) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of 
the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
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):  Livestock products for human consumption, in particular milk and  dairy  
products, meat and meat prod ucts, and egg products, etc. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:   
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed  Draft 
Amendment of the Processing Standards and Ingredient Specifications for Livestock 
Products (Available in Korean, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments are as follows:  
- Revision of the requirement for raw materi als of livestock products by including the 
clause that "unlawful or adulterated lives tock products shall not be used as raw 
materials"; 
- Establishment of new processing standards and specifications for packaged meat; 
- Establishment and revision of standards for preservation and distribution of raw milk, 
packaged meat and egg products; 
- Revision of standards and specifications of dairy products, meat products and egg 
products; 
- Addition and revision of test methods for E. coli, coliform bacteria, GMO, etc. in 
livestock products. 
 * This will also be notified to the WTO/TBT secretariat in accordance with the WTO/TBT 
agreement. 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plan t Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/KOR/172 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NVRQS Public 
Notice No. 2004-67 (available in the Korean Official Gazette No. 15845, 13 November 
2004) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  sixty (60) days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
 Division of Livestock Products Standard 
 National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
 Tel: 82-31-467-1834  Fax:  82-31-467-1989  E-mail:  leeys@nvrqs.go.kr 
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Division of Livestock Products Standard 
 National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
 Tel: 82-31-467-1834 
 Fax:  82-31-467-1989 
 E-mail:  leeys@nvrqs.go.kr