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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/261 
8 October 2007  
 (07-4280) 
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:  National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Livestock products 
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:  NVRQS’ Rules on 
measures to be taken in case of rejection of imported lives tock products as a result of 
laboratory test on residues (ava ilable in Korean, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  With a view to enhancing consistency and transparency in the 
import inspection procedures, the NVRQS adopted its internal rules about how to deal with 
the rejected cases of the imported livestock produ cts as a result of laboratory test on residues.  
1. 150 residual chemicals are regulated and the list of ch emicals will be updated if 
deemed to be necessary. 
2. The chemicals are categor ized into Groups 1 and 2 based on the result of risk 
assessment and may, if a dditional measures need to be taken based on scientific evidence, fall 
into Group 3. 
- Group 1 includes 76 chemicals such as Albendazole and Sulfadimethoxine which 
are assessed as low hazardous.  
- Group 2 includes 74 chemicals such as Ca rbaryl and Chlorampenicol which are 
assessed as higher hazardous or have be en controlled by other regulations.  
 - Any chemical of Groups 1 and 2 may be categorized as Group 3 if additional 
measures for protecting human heal th would need to be taken. 
3. If a chemical residue is detected in the imported livestock product s,. the measures to 
be taken are as follows: 
 - Where a chemical residue of Group 1 is  detected, the produ cts produced in the 
facility from which the rejected product originated shall be subject to five consecutive tests. 
 - Where a chemical residue of Group 2 is  detected, the produ cts produced in the 
facility from which the rejected product originated shall be subject to suspension 
of new shipment.  If and after the suspensi on is lifted, five consecutive tests will 
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   - Where a chemical residue of Group 3 is  detected, new shipment of the products 
produced in the facility from which the rejected product originated shall be 
suspended, and all the shipment originat ing from the country or region in question 
may be tested until the food safety is assured. 
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:   To be available in the 
internet homepage of NVRQS ( http://www.nvrqs.go.kr ) (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  6 September 2007   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 September 2007   
12. Final date for comments:  Though this rule were already adop ted, sixty (60) days after the 
date of notification will be provided.  
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: 
 Quarantine and Inspection Division 
 National Veterinary Resear ch and  Quarantine Service 
 Tel:  +(82 31) 467 1988  Fax:  +(82 31) 467 1717  E-mail:  kimksuk@nvrqs.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Quarantine and Inspection Division 
 National Veterinary Resear ch and  Quarantine Service 
 Tel:  +(82 31) 467 1988  Fax:  +(82 31) 467 1717  E-mail:  kimksuk@nvrqs.go.kr