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G/SPS/N/KOR/390 
17 June 2011 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health & 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 Special Act on 
Children's Dietary Life Safety Management  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  14 
6. Description of content:   
Partial revision of the Special Act on Children' s Dietary Life Safety Management   as 
follows: 
- to lift the area restriction of children' s food safety protection zone ("Green Food 
Zone") (designated by the mayor/governor of a local government (City/Gun/Gu) 
within a 200m radius from a school) and to exempt from the duty of entry, inspection, and collection at good/sales/ business establishments for a specific 
period (which the mayor/governor of a local government (City/Gun/Gu) designates 
in Green Food Zone);  
- to introduce an article prohibiting false in formation displays of nutrient ingredients 
in food-serving business entities in case sta ndard menus are cooked and served for 
sale for more than 90 days at restaurants with 100 or more establishments, including restaurants directly managed by restaurant company headquarters and franchises;  
- to delete the validity of the quality cer tification of children's preferred foods. 
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.    G/SPS/N/KOR/390 
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  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)    
[ ] 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 2011-291 (26 May 2011) 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) :  16 August 2011 
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 & Welfare  110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7783 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 
E-mail:  kgc0709@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 & Welfare  110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea 
Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7783 
Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 E-mail:  kgc0709@korea.kr