. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/245 
7 June 2007  
 (07-2384) 
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 number(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 :  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed amendment 
of the Standards & Specifications for Food (available in Korean, 1,063 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
- Recompiling regarding termi nology and general provisions; 
- Revising the procedure for reasonabl e recognition of food raw material; 
-  Expanding definition of types, and integrating and removing of types under the 
Standards and Specifications of Food 
- Deleting or easing the quality specifications  (crude protein, crude fat, etc.); 
- Enhancing the application of sanitation speci fications (preservative, antioxidant, heavy 
metal, etc.);  and 
- Establishment of  Standards and Specifica tions for foreign material and scorched 
particle under the category of foods for special dietary use. 
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:     G/SPS/N/KOR/245 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Korea Food 
and Drug Administration advance Notice No. 2007-102 (17 May 2007) (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
International Trade and Cooperation Team  
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-Ku Seoul,  
122-704 Korea 
Tel.:+(82 2) 380 1661~2 Fax: +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National notification  authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(www.kfda.go.kr).  Also available from:  
International Trade and Cooperation Team  
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-Ku 
Seoul, 
122-704 Korea Tel.:+(82 2) 380 1661~2 Fax: +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr