. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/308 
22 December 2008 
 (08-6257) 
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:  Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family affairs 
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):  Food, food additives, apparatus, p ackaging and containers for food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document: 
− Proposed Draft Amendment of the Enforcem ent Decree of the Food Sanitation Act 
− Proposed Draft Amendment of the Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act 
Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  21 
6. Description of content: 
− To oblige the KFDA Commissioner to put up a notice on the details of administrative 
dispositions for violating food sanitation, including business suspension in order to 
inform administrative dispositions 
− To transfer related authorization or appr oval authority on food additives from the 
KFDA Commissioner to local governments 
− To oblige food manufacturing and processing business operators to install a metal 
detector  
− To oblige food manufacturing and processing business operators to report competent 
authorities about customer complaints without delay 
− To oblige other food sellers (in more than  a certain scale of business entities such as 
department stores and discount stores) to  conduct pesticide re sidues inspection on 
agricultural products on sale more than once a month 
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.    G/SPS/N/KOR/308 
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  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 N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] 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:  MW Public 
Notification 458 (20 November 2008) published in  the Korean Official Gazette (available 
in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  
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 ):  20 February 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Policy Division 
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 
110-793 / 75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~93 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  pgh0803@mw.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Policy Division  
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 110-793 / 75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~93 
Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  pgh0803@mw.go.kr