. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/319 
13 March 2009 
 (09-1260) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) of 
the Ministry for Food, Agriculture , Forestry & Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  Livestock products for human consumpti on, such as milk and milk products, 
meat and meat products, a nd egg and egg products, etc. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed draft of the Amendment of the Labelling 
Standards for Livestock Products  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:   2   
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/sps/KOR/09_0933_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
The proposed amendments are as following: - In case of conversion from fresh product to frozen product according to "Livestock 
Products Processing Act", convers ion-date should be declared complementarily without 
overlapping or removal of original labelling. 
- Addition of reference amount "per serving" for declaration of nutrition ([Table3]) 
• pickled egg:  50g 
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/319 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   The document is generally aligne d with the standards, guidelines 
or recommendations of the Codex with a few additions where international 
standards, guidelines or recommendations do not exist. 
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] 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:  NVRQS 
Public Notice No. 2009-19, 5 March 2009 (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
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 ):  11 May 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Livestock Products Safety Division 
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  (+82) 31 467 1968 Fax:  (+82) 31 467 1974 E-mail:  leeyhee@nvrqs.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Livestock Products Safety Division  
National Veterinary Research and  Quarantine Service Tel:  +(82) 31 467 1968 Fax:  +(82) 31 467 1974 
E-mail:  leeyhee@nvrqs.go.kr