. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/237 
2 May 2007 
 (07-1816) 
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):   Imported foods 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment 
of Inspection Guidelines for Imported Foods , etc. (available in Korean, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
- Setting a range of limitations on the issuance of a "Certificate of Import Foods 
 Report with Condition" prior to reviewing inspection results; 
- Setting a provision that laboratory inspec tion can be conducted where safety related 
 issues are reported or concerned, alt hough the imported foods are subject only to 
 document inspection;  and 
- Amending provisions for laboratory in spection and random sample inspection 
 according to the recently amended Food Code. 
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. 2007-74 (20 April. 2007) (Available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. G/SPS/N/KOR/237 
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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:   
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 & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyung-Ku Seoul, 122-704, Republic of 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 
(www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from: 
International Trade and Cooperation Team  
Korea Food & Drug Administration 
#194 Tongilro, Eunpyung-Ku Seoul, 122-704 Korea  Tel: +(82 2) 380 1661 Fax:: +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr