. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/177 
6 January 2005 
 (05-0054) 
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:   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):  Conjugated linoleic acid, green tea ex tract, soy protein, phytosterol, 
fructooligosaccharide, red yeast rice 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment of 
the Standards and Specificatio ns of Health Dietary Supplem ent (available in Korean, 
32 pages). 
6. Description of content:  The KFDA has proposed the followi ng revisions to the Standards 
and Specifications of He alth Dietary Supplement: 
- Establishment of the Standards and Spec ifications of Conjuga ted Linoleic Acid; 
- Establishment of the Standards and Specifications of Green Tea Extract; 
- Establishment of the Standards a nd Specifications of Soy Protein; 
- Establishment of the Standards a nd Specifications of Phytosterol; 
- Establishment of the Standards and Spec ifications of Fructooligosaccharide; 
- Establishment of the Standards and Specifications of Red Yeast Rice. 
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 Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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 Korea Food and 
Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2004-180 (8 December 2004) (available in 
Korean). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. G/SPS/N/KOR/177 
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 12. Final date for comments:  28 February 2005 
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:    
International Trade and Legal Affairs Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#5 Nokbun-Dong, Eunpyung-Ku Seoul, 122-704 Korea Tel: (82 2) 380 1661 Fax: (82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Documents are available on the Korea Fo od and Drug Administration website at: 
www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from: 
 International Trade and Legal Affairs Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#5 Nokbun-Dong, Eunpyung-Ku 
Seoul, 122-704 Korea Tel: (82 2) 380 1661 Fax: (82 2) 356 2893 E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr