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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/351 
4 December 2009 
 (09-6233) 
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:  National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Livestock products (egg 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 Draft Amendment of the Processing Standards 
and Ingredient Specifications for Livestock Products  Language:  Korean  Number of 
pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  The main amendments in this document are as the following: 
- Revision of the microbiological (total bacteria, coliform, Salmonella) standards in 
egg products. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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:    G/SPS/N/KOR/351 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  NVRQS 
Public Notification 2009-192(23 Nov 2009) publis hed in the Korean Official Gazette No. 
17140 (26 November 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) :  2 February 2010 
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:   
Livestock Products Standard Division 
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service 
Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1991 
Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1989 E-mail:  kimjho@nvrqs.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:    
Livestock Products Standard Division  
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1991 
Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1989 
E-mail:  kimjho@nvrqs.go.kr