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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/389 
25 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 products 
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 of Standards and Specifications 
for Food  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  148 
6. Description of content:  These amendments are the following: 
1. Revise standards for Clostridium perfringens  in Common Criteria and Standards 
for Food in General 
2. Establish standards for heavy metals in food 3. Establish and revise standards for radionuclide in food 4. Establish standards for mycotoxins in food  5. Revise definitions for mixed beverages 
6. Revise General Testing Methods 
7. Reclassify flaxseeds as Raw Material with Limited Usage 
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  G/SPS/N/KOR/389 
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  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 Noti ce No. 2011-72, 12 May 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:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  24 July 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
International Trade and Statistics Office  
The Korea Food and Drug Administration Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-951, Korea Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
International Trade and Statistics Office  
The Korea Food and Drug Administration Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-951, Korea 
Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr