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G/SPS/N/KOR/410 
17 April 2012 
 (12-2024) 
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 Amendment of the Standards and Specifications 
for Foods  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  135 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/KOR/12_1299_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
1. Revise the standards for food irradiation; 
2. Revise the lists of foods subject to mycotoxin limits; 
3. Revise the standards for food additives to comply with the Standard and 
Specification for Food Additives; 
4. Revise the standards for food poisoning bacteria; 5. Revise and remove ge neral testing methods; 
6. Clarify the part used for hemp; 
7. Amend overlapping or miswritte n names of the raw materials. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   G/SPS/N/KOR/410 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] 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. 2012-58 (30 March 2012) (available in 
Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
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) :  16 June 2012 
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 #187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Ch eongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do,  
363-700,  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 
(http://www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food and Drug Administration #187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Ch eongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do,  
363-700,  Korea Tel:   +(82 43) 719 1554 
Fax:   +(82 43) 719 1550 
E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr