. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/255 
23 August 2007  
 (07-3551) 
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):  Food additives 
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  
Standards and Specifications for Food Add itives (available in Korean, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  In Section 4. D., the table in pa ragraph [Active Ingredients] is 
amended by removing the entry for "Pot assium Permangnate" (CAS No. 7722-64-7); 
"Sodium didodecyl phenoxybenzene disulfonate" (CAS No. None); "Sodium monododecyl phenoxybenzene disulfonate" (CAS  No. None); "Calcium bromide" (CAS No.  7789-41-5); 
"Ethylenediamine" (CAS No. 107-15-3); "Alkyl(C12-C15) monoether of mixed (ethylene-
propylene)polyalkylene glycol, cloud point of  70-77 in 1% aqueous solution, average 
molecular weight(in amu), 807" (CAS No. None ); "Benzenesulfonic ac id, oxybis[dodecyl-" 
(CAS No. 30260-73-2); "Nitric acid" (CAS No . 7697-37-2); "Benzene sulfonamide, n-chloro-
4-methyl, sodium salt" (CAS No. 127-65-1); "P olyethylene glycol(400) monolaurate" (CAS 
No. 35179-86-3); "Polyisobutylene(MIN MW 37,000)" (CAS No. 9003-27-4); and  "2-(P-
Hydroxyphenyl)glyoxylohydroximoyl chloride]" (CAS No. 34911-46-1).  
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. 2007-168(13  August 2007)  (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. G/SPS/N/KOR/255 
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  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 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 & 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 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 Food and Drug Administration website 
(www.kfda.go.kr ) and  also available from: 
 International Trade & Cooperation Team  
 Korea Food & 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