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G/SPS/N/KOR/397 
7 October 2011 
 (11-4867) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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 Foods  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  142 
6. Description of content:   
This amendment is to: 
1. revise standards for contaminants such as mycotoxin in foods 
2. revise preservation and distribution standards  
3. revise specifications in canned and bottled food  
4. revise standards for tin in foods 5. revise standards for food additives in foods 6. revise definitions of  liquid Jeotgal 7. revise standards for insoluble substances of edible salt 
8. revise and delete testing methods 
9. revise and establish maximum residue limits for pesticides in agricultural products 
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)    G/SPS/N/KOR/397 
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  [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. 2011-189, 30 Sep 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) :  5 December 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 & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Ch eongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do,  
363-951,  Korea Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr 
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 & Statistics Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Ch eongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do,  
363-951,  Korea 
Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr