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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/298 
27 October 2008  
 (08-5200) 
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:  Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family affairs 
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, food additives, apparatus, packaging and containers for food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Draft 
Amendment of the Food Sanitation Act (available in Korean, 73 pages) 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Food Sanitation Act:  
− To make the Food Sanitation Act easier to  comprehend and para phrase the Act in a 
simpler style; 
− To establish an emergency inspection system  for immediate response to harmful foods, 
and to allow more than a certain number1 of consumers to request the food manufacturers 
and processors for sanitary inspection; 
− To set up a "Centre for Food Safety Inform ation" to collect information on food and 
provide accurate information to consumers; 
− To introduce a redemption system to recover unjust profits from anyone who 
manufactures, processes, and sells adulterated food;  and 
− To raise the lower limit of sentence (from 1 ye ar to 3 years) (Anyone who used processed 
food made from diseased animals for sale sh all be sentenced for at least 3 years.). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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:    G/SPS/N/KOR/298 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   MW Public 
Notification 345 (22 September 2008) published in the Korean Official G azette (available in 
Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
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:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
Food Policy Division 
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 
110-793 / 75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~93 Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 
E-mail:  pgh0803@mw.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Food Policy Division 
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs 110-793 / 75 Yulgong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul The Republic of Korea Tel:  +(82 2) 2023 7781~93 
Fax:  +(82 2) 2023 7780 
E-mail:  pgh0803@mw.go.kr