. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/282 
6 June 2008  
 (08-2657) 
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:  Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Organic processed food 
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:  Enforcement Regulations 
for Food Industry Promotion Act (available in Korean, 66 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The enforcement regulations are set to stipulate the required aspects 
with regard to the content and implementation.  The content of "certification for imported 
organic processed food" in relations to WTO Members is as follows:  
If those who are seeking to impor t or distribute organic food belong to one of the followings, 
they are allowed to use cert ified organic food labelling. 
- Manufacturers in importing nations, which are issued th e certificates of organic 
processed food by guarantee d certification agencies (including foreign agencies). 
- The importers who are certified by certification agencies.  Then, the organic food that 
importers are willing to import should be the food from the nations with which Korea 
made an agreement on equivalence. 
 
*  Certification standard: 
- Processing standard:  general requirements, processing ingred ients, processing methods. 
- Standard for organic handling:  pest and pathogen control, cleaning, sterilization, 
disinfection, packaging, transport, recording, etc. 
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:  
[ 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:    G/SPS/N/KOR/282 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Food Industry 
Promotion Act (available in Korean) 
http://www.maf.go.kr/user.tdf?a=user.boa rd.BoardApp&c=2002&board_id=p_law_new&mc
=P_04_02_02&seq=73  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  28 June 2008 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  28 June 2009 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification 
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: 
Food Industry Team 
Ministry for Food, Agricultur e,  Forestry and Fisheries 
Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2020 Fax:  +(82 2) 503 7905 E-mail:  aletheia89@mifaff.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: 
Food Industry Team 
Ministry for Food, Agricultur e,  Forestry and Fisheries 
Tel:  +(82 2) 500 2020 Fax:  +(82 2) 503 7905 E-mail:  aletheia89@mifaff.go.kr