. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KOR/236 
2 October 2009  
 (09-4691) 
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:  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 applicable, 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:  Proposed Revision of 
Labelling Standards for Foods (30 pa ges, available in Korean)     
6. Description of content:   
- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) products should be labelled as such on a principal 
display panel of the package in no smaller than ha lf the type size of the product name or in 
proportion to the principal display panel  
- If frozen cake or jeotgal (salted and fermente d seafood) is delivered after thawed from a 
manufacturing factory, “date of manufacture,” “defrost date,” “sell-by date after defrosting” and “special storage conditions or conditions of use after defrosti ng” should be put on a 
principal display panel using the ty pe size of at least 12 points  
- Utensils or containers made from phenolfor maldehydes or ureaformaldehydes should bear 
the warning label “Do not microwave” on them 
- Heat-resistant glass should carry the indication of its use:  “for direct heating,” “for 
microwave,” “for oven,” “for boiling,” or otherwise “not for heating” 
- If the name of artifici al or natural flavour is included as  the whole or part of the product 
name, the term “flavour” should be  indicated next to the product name in the same or larger 
type size of the product name  
- In cases where only artificial or natural fl avour is used to give the product a flavour, a 
picture or image of the fruit or vegetable from which the flavour is derived should not be used 
to avoid misleading or confusing consumers, a nd the use of the flavour should be declared  
- Standards for specific labellin g of processed organic food produ cts are deleted as the legal 
ground for certification system of proces sed organic food was established under Food 
Industry Promotion Act  G/TBT/N/KOR/236 
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  -  The list of food additives is provided which ar e used in manufacture of the base for chewing 
gum, and may be labelled as “gum base”  
-  The name of food additives should be labell ed as laid down in Korea Food Additives Code 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Provision of better information for co nsumers and promotion of public health  
8. Relevant documents:   The Korea Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice 
No. 2009-248, 8 September 2009 (available in Korean)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
1 December 2009   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of  notification 
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:    
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