WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/368 
10 August 2010 
 (10-4259) 
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:  Ministry for Food, Agricultu re, Forestry and Fisheries 
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 
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 the Amendment of the Presidential Ordinance 
and the Ministerial Ordinance of th e "Livestock Products Sanitation Act"  Language:  
Korean  Number of pages:  441   
6. Description of content:  The MIFAFF proposed the amendment of the Presidential  
Ordinance and the Ministerial Ordinance of the "Livestock Products Sanitation Act" to 
provide the revised and newly mandated ru les in the Act, which was amended and 
promulgated on 25 May 2010.  The main conten ts of this draft reflect the provisions for 
extension of the sanitary education, the rein forcement of the publication, the modification 
of administrative punishment, fine imposition a nd penal regulations and the extension of 
the scope of HACCP accreditation.  It also includes regulatory reform, and supplements the 
existing provisions that were inadequate. 
− Amendment of the Presidential Ordinance of the "Livestock Products Sanitation Act": 
(1) To introduce the compulsory packaging of chicken and duck meat in whole 
distribution and sale channel; 
(2) To introduce a new rule on the compulsory  packaging of hen eggs in the category 
of the edible eggs; 
(3) To establish a new business (Livestock products cutting sales business) which cuts 
processed livestock product such as fermented fresh ham in front of consumers and sells partially cut pieces directly to them; 
(4) To establish a new business (shell egg sales business) which specializes in 
collecting and distributing hen eggs;  and 
(5) To amend the standard of imposing fi nes and penalty in accordance with the 
change in upper limit. 
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  − Amendment of the Ministerial Ordinance of  the "Livestock Products Sanitation Act": 
(1) As to the method and procedures of the Livestock product HACCP verification and 
assessment, Governors of local governments and president of the KOLPHAS (Korea Livestock Products HACCP Accred itation Service) shall make a monthly 
report to Director General of the NVRQS (National Veterinary Research & 
Quarantine Service) after conducting government verification through the record 
review and on-site observation; 
(2) Director General of the NVRQS may designa te items that can be possibly diverted 
from its original purpose among the declar ed import livestock products and shall 
share the information with the authorized local government; 
(3) To establish sampling procedures for the livestock products which are consumed 
by the E-commerce and mail order.  In that case, the delivery may be accepted and 
issuing of certificate to prove sampling is not needed; 
(4) Only ham and cheese products shall be accepte d in the so-called livestock products 
cutting sales business; 
(5) To develop operators' responsibilities of  new business fields such as livestock 
products cutting sales business and shell egg sal e business, and to modify part of 
the existing operator's responsibilities; 
(6) As to the rationalization of the scope of the mislabelling and the exaggerative 
advertisement, to clarify ambi guous or inadequate provisions; 
(7) To require business operators and employ ees to get sanitary education annually;  
and 
(8) To identify list of minor violations whose penalty has been converted from penal 
regulation to fine imposition. 
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) CAC/GL26-1997 
[ ] 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?   
 [X] 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:  Korean 
official government gazette, Ministry for Food , Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Notice 
No. 2010-261, No. 2010-262 (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  G/SPS/N/KOR/368 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  26 November 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  9 October 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Food Safety & Sanitation Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 
Republic of Korea 
Tel.:  +(82) 2 500 2102 Fax:  +(82) 2 503 0020 E-mail:  sjkim08@mifaff.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Safety & Sanitation Division  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea Tel.:  +(82) 2 500 2102 
Fax:  +(82) 2 503 0020 
E-mail:  sjkim08@mifaff.go.kr