WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/KOR/418 
29 June 2012 
 (12-3461) 
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 to the Standards and 
Specifications for Foods  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  36 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/KOR/12_2492_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
1. Establish principles for the selection of radioactivity nuclides 
2. Establish principles for setting st andard for hazardous contaminants 
3. Establish a definition following the intr oduction of sampling plan using statistical 
technique regarding microorganism tests 
4. Revise a standard for raw material requirements  5. Establish a standard for heavy metal in foods  6. Revise the application standard for heavy me tal in dried agricultural, forestry, livestock, 
or marine products 
7. Revise the standard for mycotoxin in foods 8. Establish a standard for benzopyrene in black ginseng 9. Revise the specifications for microorganism in foods for infant 10. Establish a standard for E.coli in rice cakes 
11. Establish a additional general principle for sampling regarding microorganism tests 
12. Revise the general testing methods  G/SPS/N/KOR/418 
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  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)    
[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 Noti ce No. 2012-128 (21 June 2012) (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) :  28 August 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  G/SPS/N/KOR/418 
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  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 
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 
363-700,  Korea Tel:  +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax:  +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail:  wtokfda@korea.kr