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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/188 
29 July 2005 
 (05-3426) 
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):  Foods and other products administered by KFDA. 
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:   Standard for Risk 
Assessment Procedure and Met hod administered by the KFDA  (available in Korean, 
4 pages). 
6. Description of content:   
1. The Scope of Risk Assessment 
The risk assessment should be carried out on chemical, biological, physical agents and 
novel ingredients etc and risk factors and conditions which are recognized by the Chairman 
of Food Sanitation Council or Korea Food & Drug Administration Commissioner. 
 
2. The procedure of Risk Assessment Basically, the risk assessment should be carri ed out in four steps which are hazard 
identification, hazard characterization, expos ure assessment and risk characterization and 
when relevant scientific evidence and level ar e insufficient, the part of risk assessment 
procedure can be excluded. 
 
For the consideration of scientific and objec tivity of the risk assessment, the conclusions 
should be consulted by Food Sanitation Council. 
 
3. The method of Risk Assessment The comprehensive risk assessment method should  be proposed and if it is not available, 
the data which are conducted by internat ional organization etc may be applied. 
 
Where there is a need to assess the risk rapidl y or if there are constraints, uncertainties on 
the risk assessment may be carried out restrictively. 
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/188 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] 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.2005-88,  1 July 2005 (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:  5 August 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:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food 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
 
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 from the Korea Food 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