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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/373 
21 September 2010 
 (10-4759) 
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 of Health and Welfare 
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):  Food, food additives, apparatus, p ackaging and containers for food 
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 Amendment of the Enforcement Decree 
of the Food Sanitation Act and the Enforcem ent Regulation of the Food Sanitation Act 
Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  96   
6. Description of content:  Korea is proposing to revise th e Enforcement Decree of the Food 
Sanitation Act and the Enforcement Regulati on of the Food Sanitation Act in order: 
• to mandate food business operators to keep  any foreign substance found in food 
and reported by their customers; 
• to prohibit any health claim in food labelling and advertisement that may mislead 
consumers into a belief that the promot ed product is health functional food; 
• to enhance import inspection of previously rejected food products; 
• to identify the extent to which alcohol ic beverages may be sold in bakery; 
• to establish the legal basis to punish those who mislead or deceive consumers. 
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:  
[ ] 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)    G/SPS/N/KOR/373 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  MW Public 
Notification 2010-193 (20th July 2010) published in  the Korean Official Gazette (available 
in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
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) :  20 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:   
Food Policy Division 
Ministry of Health and Welfare  110-793 / 75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 
The Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~96 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  lsh32@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Policy Division  
Ministry of Health and Welfare  
110-793 / 75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 
The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~96 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  lsh32@korea.kr