. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/299 
11 November 2008  
 (08-5469) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Livestock products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Processing of Livestock 
Products Act (available in Korean) 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry for Food, Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries of the 
Republic of Korea is amending the Processing of Livestock Products Act.   The main contents 
of the draft revision are as follows:  
(a) The title of the Act is revised from the Proc essing of Livestock Products Act to the Act 
on the Sanitation and Safety Mana gement of Livestock Products. 
(b) This revision deletes the provisions which allow emergency slaughtering of the cattle, 
outside of slaughtering houses, which are unable to stand or wa lk due to such reasons as 
injuries, a hard labour, parturient  paresis, and acute tympany. 
(c) This revision bans food bus inesses from slaughtering ch ickens and ducks for self-
cooking and selling them in their restaurant. 
(d) This revision adds a "beef import sales business" to the list of business types which 
perform their business under permit. 
(e) As for a business person confirmed to be subj ect to administrative actions, this revision 
includes the establishment of new provisions that the regulatory authorities publish on the Internet or others relevant information su ch as the details of the actions, the name of 
the business office, and the name of concerned livestock products. 
(f) This revision requires releva nt business people to receive training and education on 
sanitation on a yearly basis in order to enha nce the sanitation and safety management of 
livestock products. 
* The revision will be finalized and confirmed as a government draft by the end of December 
and is scheduled to be submitted to the National Assembly. G/SPS/N/KOR/299 
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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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   The website of the 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea 
(http://www.mifaff.go.kr ) (available in Korean) 
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:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Livestock Products  Sanitation Team 
MIFAFF 
Tel:  +(82) 2 500 2102 
Fax:  +(82) 2 503 0020 E-mail:  parkwt@mifaff.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Livestock Products  Sanitation Team 
MIFAFF 
Tel:  +(82) 2 500 2102 
Fax:  +(82) 2 503 0020 E-mail:  parkwt@mifaff.go.kr