. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/202 
20 January 2009  
 (09-0211) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Amended Ministerial 
Ordinance for the Livestock Products Proces sing Act (6 pages, in Korean).     
6. Description of content: 
The recent amendment to the Ministerial Ordi nance for the Livestock Products Processing 
Act requires meat marketers who deal  with meat and meat by-products:  
• To mark or describe the following on products , display panel:  the kind of meat, country 
of origin, name of parts, meat grade, na me of slaughtering plant (only for domestic 
meats), animal identification number (only for domestic beef), BL number (only for 
imported beef); 
• To maintain a business record of the following information:  the kind of meat, country of 
origin, name of parts, meat gr ade,  name of slaughtering plant (only for domestic meats), 
animal identification number (only for dome stic beef), BL number (only for imported 
beef);  
• To provide buyers with a receipt or detail ed transaction note describing the following 
information: the kind of meat, country of orig in, meat grade, animal identification number 
(only for domestic beef), BL number (only for imported beef) 
This amended Ministerial Ordinance was ma de effective on and after publication, but 
provisions related to meat grad e and animal identification number will be effective on and 
after 22 June 2009.  In addition, mandatory im plementation of the matters concerning name 
of slaughtering plant and BL number will be also delayed till 22 June 2009. G/TBT/N/KOR/202 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
To prevent deceptive practices.  
8. Relevant documents:   The Ministerial Decree No.44,  published on 22 December 2008 in the 
Korean Government Official Gazette No. 16903 (available in Korean).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Adopted on 22 December 2008. Effective on 
and after publication except for matters related to grade and animal identification number 
10. Final date for comments:  N/A 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Livestock Products, Sanitation Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city 
Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82) 2 500 2103 
Fax:  +(82) 2 503 0020 
Email:  kimch@mifaff.go.kr 
Website:  www.mifaff.go.kr