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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/195 
24 November 2005 
 (05-5573) 
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):  Functional ingredients or components  intended to be used in dietary 
supplements  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
trading partner  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  A regulation on the 
evaluation of functional ingredients or componen ts of health/functional foods (HFFs) for pre-
market approval (available in Korean, 18 pages)  
6. Description of content:  The Korean Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) has proposed 
the revision of “A regulation on the evaluati on of functional ingredients or components of 
health/functional foods (HFFs)  for pre-market approval” 
- To specify the scope of ingredients subject to review, for example, by notifying that 
not only new ingredients (or components) but also already-approved ingredients 
which intend to add new function (health cl aims) for the ingredients are subject to 
review to obtain approval. 
- To specify the evaluation standards for ingredients and components; safety 
evaluation and function (health claim) eval uation standards, all of which prescribe 
evaluation principles.  
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. 2005-181, 10 November, 2005 (available in 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
12. Final date for comments:  27 December 2005  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website at 
www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:   
 International Trade & Cooperation Team 
 Korea Food and Drug Administration  #5 Nokbun-dong. Eunpyung-Ku  Seoul, 122-704 Korea  Tel: (82 2) 380 1661 
 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 at 
www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:   
 International Trade & Cooperation Team 
 Korea Food and Drug Administration 
 #5 Nokbun-dong. Eunpyung-Ku 
 Seoul, 122-704 Korea  Tel: (82 2) 380 1661  Fax: (82 2) 356 2893 
 E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr