. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/183 
13 May 2005 
 (05-1966) 
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 of Health and Welfare 
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):  Foods, food additives, apparatus, packagi ng and containers for food(Foods etc.) 
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:   Proposed Draft 
Amendment of Enforcement Rule of the F ood Sanitation Act (available in Korean). 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act:  
(the Enforcement Rule on the recall and the official proclamation of harmful food, etc. ) 
Introducing the compulsory recall instead of the voluntary recall.  
-  Any businessman who manufactures, processes, subdivides, imports or sells foods etc. 
for sale must, if deemed that the foods etc. he or she handles violates the regulations of 
Prohibition of Sale etc. of Dangerous and Harmfu l Foods etc. or Prohibition of Sale etc. of 
Meats Affected by Disease etc., make the fact known to the public and recall the foods etc. 
in circulation. 
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:  MOHW Public 
Notification 2005-77(6 May 2005) published in the Korean Official Gaze tte (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:  7 July 2005 G/SPS/N/KOR/183 
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 Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Trade Affairs Division 
Ministry of Health and Welfare 
1 Jungang-Dong, Gwacheon Government Complex 
Gwacheon-City, Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea Tel:  +82-2 –2110-6458 Fax:  +82-2-504-3981 
E-mail:  seob1973@mohw.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Trade Affairs Division 
Ministry of Health and Welfare 1 Jungang-Dong, Gwacheon Government Complex Gwacheon-City, Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +82-2 –2110-6458 
Fax:  +82-2-504-3981 E-mail:  seob1973@mohw.go.kr