WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/388 
17 May 2011  
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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:  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):  Food additives 
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 Food Additives  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  2213 
6. Description of content:   
The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and Specifications" for "Food 
Additives" and "Food Contact Surface Sanitizi ng Solution for Utensils, Containers and 
Packagings". 
(1) Xylanase, 5'-deaminase, α-glucosidase, phosphodiesterase, sodium selenate, and 
sodium molybdate are newly authorized.  
(2) The definitions of the following 22 food additives are revised:  
 Synthetic flavoring substances, gluc oamylase, lysozyme, tagetes extract, 
α-amylase, protease, caramel color, natura l flavoring substances, asparaginase, 
kaoliang color, beet red, red cabbage colo r, gardenia red, cacao color, monascus 
yellow, carthamus yellow, hibiscus color, shea nut color, purple sweet potato color, 
purple yam color, grape juice color and krill color 
(3) The compositional specifications of the following four food additives are revised: 
 L-Cystine, L-glutamic acid, monoammonium L-glutamate and caramel color (4) The standards for the use of the following 15 food additives are revised:  
 Sodium metabisulfite, potassium metabisu lfite, sulphur dioxide, sodium bisulfite, 
sodium sulfite, sodium hydrosulfite, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, calcium sorbate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, ascorbyl palmitate, disodium 5'-cytidylate, 
disodium 5'-uridylate, 5'-adenylic acid and 5'-cytidylic acid 
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  (5) Iodine is authorized as a food contact surface sanitizing solution for utensils, 
containers and packaging 
(6) The compositional specifications of th e following four food contact surface 
sanitizing solutions utensils, containers and packaging  are revised:  
 Sodium dichloroisocyanurate, hydrogen pe roxide, peroxyacetic acid and citric acid 
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:  
[ ] 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. 2011-58, 29 April 2011 (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) :  10 July 2011 
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:   
International Trade & Cooperation Team  
Korea Food & Drug Administration Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-951, Korea Fax::  +(82 43) 719 1554 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr  G/SPS/N/KOR/388 
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  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 at 
http://www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:  
International Trade & Cooperation Team  
Korea Food & Drug Administration 
Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-951, Korea Fax::  +(82 43) 719 1554 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr