. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/254 
30 November 2009  
 (09-6046) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Foods 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Standards on 
Nutrition Labeling and Labeli ng Methods for Children’s Favourite Food of Food Service 
Business (7 pages, available in Korean)         
6. Description of content:  Businesses subject to the nutrition labelling requirement under 
Article 8 of Enforcement Decree of the Sp ecial Act on Children’s Dietary Life Safety 
Management should provide the list of nutrients  in the food they prepare and sell through 
the means directly used by customers when they order including a menu board, poster and 
bulletin board.  
Labelling standards  
- For a menu which is sold for at least 90 days a year, nutrition facts per serving should be 
indicated;  
- A food of 2 servings or more is required to indicate total serving sizes in the whole 
package in addition to the nutrition facts;  
- A combo menu comprising more than 1 food item should label the total calories of each 
food combined. In case of multiple combinations  in one combo, calories may be expressed 
as a range of the minimum and maximum values.  
Labelling methods  
- Labels should be in a distinct colour fro m the background to be easily noticeable by 
consumers; 
- When customers are served the food they or der, calories should be labelled larger than 
80% of the type size of the food name or th e price, and other detailed nutrition information 
should be indicated using such ways  as a leaflet, poster and website;  G/TBT/N/KOR/254 
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  - Food delivery service providers who receive or ders online or by telephone should offer 
consumers nutrition information using a flyer, sticker, etc.; 
- Food businesses on the Internet should label cal ories and other nutrition information in the 
proximity of the food name (or price) to a llow consumers to identify nutrition information 
when they select the product.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Prevention of child obesity and contribution to creating a healthy dietary environment  
8. Relevant documents:   KFDA Advance Notice 2009-286  (available in Korean)     
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 January 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  14 December 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   Documents are 
available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website ( http://www.kfda.go.kr ) 
Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office  Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu  Seoul, 122-704 
Republic of Korea   
Tel: (+82) 2 380 1661 Fax: (+82) 2 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr