. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/375 
23 September 2010 
 (10-4849) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Livestock products for human consumpti on, such as milk and milk products, 
meat and meat products, e ggs and egg products, etc. 
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 draft of the Amendment of Labelling Standards 
for Livestock Products  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  2  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/sps/KOR/10_3533_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments are as the following: 
• Cheese and processed cheese are added to the products for which nutrition labelling 
is mandatory; 
• Regarding the products with mandatory nut rition labelling, net contents should be 
declared with energy value per drained weight of  the product; 
• In case of high caffeine containing products  containing over 0.15mg per 1 ml, this 
should be declared on principal panel. 
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)   
[ ] 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/375 
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  [ ] 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:  The document is generally aligned with the standards, guidelines 
or recommendations of the Codex with a fe w additions where international standards, 
guidelines or recommendations do not exist. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  NVRQS 
Public Notice No. 2010- 173, 6  September  2010 (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) :  22 November 2010 
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:   
Livestock Products Safety Division 
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1968 
Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1974 
E-mail:  sondh@nvrqs.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Livestock Products Safety Division  
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1968 Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1974 
E-mail:  sondh@nvrqs.go.kr