. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/246 
11 June 2007  
 (07-2427) 
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):  Food products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed amendment 
of the Standards & Specifications for Fo ods (available in Korean, 14 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
- Establishment of standard and specification for Ent. Sakazakii , coliforms, Bacterrial count 
 and  tar colors in infant foods; 
- Establishment of  forbidden clause of  Monascus anka in spice preparations; 
- Establishment of standard and specifica tion for foreign iron materials in foods; 
- Establishment of standard and specification fo r Dioxin in meat (beef, pork and chicken); 
- Addition of forbidden clause of Ruvettus pretiosus in food ingredients;  and 
- Establishment of standard and specification for coliforms in water for raw-fish tanks. 
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 . 2007-124 (31 May 2007) (available in 
Korean) G/SPS/N/KOR/246 
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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:   60 days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
International Trade and Cooperation Team  
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-Ku Seoul, 122-704  Korea  Tel:  +(82 2) 380 1661~2 
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 ) and also available from: 
International Trade and Cooperation Team  
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-Ku Seoul, 122-704  Korea  
Tel:  +(82 2) 380 1661~2 
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:   wtokfda@kfda.go.kr