WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/343 
28 August 2009  
 (09-4056) 
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 additives 
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 to the Standards and Specifications 
for Food Additives  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  172 
6. Description of content:  The proposed regulations estab lish and revise the compositional 
specifications for 59 food additives.  
(1) Specifications for lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic or selenium are strengthened or 
established in the following 58 items:  
 Polyvinyl acetate, aluminium ammonium sulfate, aluminium potassium sulfate, 
ammonium sulfate, ferrous sulfate, calcium sulfate, ferrous gluconate, copper chlorophyll, potassium copper chlorophy llin, sodium metabisulfite, magnesium 
oxide, sodium lactate, gluconic acid, sodium gluconate, L-glutamic acid, 
monoammonium L-glutamate, monopotassium L-glutamate, lactitol, calcium oxide, sodium sesquicarbonate, magnesium  hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, 
calcium ascorbate, L-ascorbyl stearate, ammonium alginate, potassium alginate, calcium alginate, sodium diacetate, magnesium phosphate(tribasic), magnesium phosphate(dibasic), calcium acetate, potassium bicarbonate, triacetin, propionic 
acid, potassium sulfate, magnesium silicat e, potassium benzoate, calcium benzoate, 
potassium gluconate, methyl p-hydroxybe nzoate, acesulfame potassium, potassium 
lactate, food red No.102, sucralose, sodium aluminium phosphate(acidic), sodium aluminium phosphate(basic), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, calcium silicate, 
calcium sorbate, methylethylcellulose,  polyvinyl pyrrolidone, ethyl cellulose, 
potassium ferrocyanide, sodium ferrocyanide, calcium ferrocyanide, magnesium L-
lactate, potassium sodium L-tartrate, methyl alcohol G/SPS/N/KOR/343 
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   (2) Specifications for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid are established in the following two 
items: 
 L-glutamic acid and monoammonium L-glutamate (3) Specifications for fluorides are established in the following three items:  Aluminium ammonium sulfate, aluminium potassium sulfate and calcium sulfate  
(4) Microbiological criteria are estab lished in the following four items: 
 Ammonium alginate, potassium alginate, calcium alginate and magnesium L-
lactate 
(5) Specifications for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid are established in the following two 
 items: 
 L-glutamic acid and monoammonium L-glutamate 
Amidated pectin is newly est ablished in Food Additive Code 
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 No tice No. 2009-232, 21 August 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  G/SPS/N/KOR/343 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  21 October 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
International Trade & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 380 1661 
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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 
www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 380 1661 Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr