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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/366 
6 August 2010 
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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 Food, Agricultu re, Forestry and Fisheries 
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):  Animal feed 
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 the Amendment of the Scope and Standards of 
Harmful Feeds (Ministerial Notice)  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  The MIFAFF proposed the amendment of the above-mentioned 
Ministerial Notice according to the "Feed Management Act" to prohibit the use of 
veterinary drugs (antibiotics and sulphanilamide) in animal feed: 
− To prohibit the use of eight antibiotics (enramycin, tyrosine, virginiamycin, bacitracin 
methylene disalicylate, bambermycin, tia mulin, apramycin and avilamycin) and one 
antimicrobial agent (sulfathiazole) in animal feed as feed additives. 
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Code of Practices on Good Animal Feeding 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/KOR/366 
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   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:  -   
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) :  1 July 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  5 October 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Livestock Management Division 
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 
Republic of Korea 
Tel.:  +(82) 2 500 2070 Fax:  +(82) 2 507 2667 E-mail:  subvert@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Livestock Management Division  
Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea Tel.:  +(82) 2 500 2070 Fax:  +(82) 2 507 2667 
E-mail:  subvert@korea.kr