. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/360 
3 May 2010  
 (10-2399) 
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):  Utensils, containers and packages for food 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 amendments to the Standards and Specifications 
for Utensils, Containers and Packages  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  79   
6. Description of content:   
This draft regulation establishes or strengthens migration limits for:  
− 4-methyl-1-pentene in polymethylpentene; 
− 4,4'-methylenedianiline in polyurethane and epoxy resin; 
− 1,4-dichlorobenzene in poly (phenylenesulfide); 
− 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone in poly (ethersulfone); 
− antimony in poly (cyclohexane-1,4 -dimethyleneterephthalate);  and 
− nitrosamines and nitrosatable substa nces in rubber baby bottle nipples. 
This draft regulation also establishes material limits for: 
− butadiene in acrylonitrile-butadiene-s tyrene copolymer, methylmethacrylate-
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copol ymer and butadiene rubber;  and 
− lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium in cellophane, paper or processed 
paper, starch. 
Cross-linked polyester resin is authorized as synthetic resin. 
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.    G/SPS/N/KOR/360 
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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 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 Notice No. 2010-96 (13 April 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:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 June 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:   
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea 
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.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:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(http://www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from: 
 
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr