. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/289 
17 July 2008  
 (08-3453) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Health/functional foods 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
trading partner 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment to 
Regulations on Approval of Functional Ingredie nts in Health/Functiona l Foods (available in 
Korean, 27 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
− The proposed regulation establishes standards,  methods and procedures for conventional 
foods using new functional ingredients to be  recognized as health /functional foods, and 
sets scope and requirements of data subm ission, and evaluation principles for such 
recognition.  By means of this regulati on, conventional foods with new functional 
ingredients are to be market ed as health/functional foods.  
− This draft regulation also esta blishes standards to shorten review period for approval of 
functional ingredients and to simplify data submission for more efficient work in the 
recognition of functional ingredients. 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   The Korea Food and 
Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2008- 127, 11 July 2008 (available in Korean) G/SPS/N/KOR/289 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  14 September 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
International Trade & Cooperation Team 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#194 Tongilro, Eunpyung-Ku 
Seoul, 122-704 Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 380 1661 Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available from the Korea F ood and Drug Administration website at 
www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from: 
International Trade & Cooperation Team 
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyung-Ku Seoul, 122-704 Korea 
Tel:  +(82 2) 380 1661 
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr