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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/249 
28 June 2007  
 (07-2750) 
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 additives 
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 Amendment 
of the Standards and Specifications for Food additives (available in Korean, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
Amendment of the standards for use (22 items)  
- Food Red No.2 (Amaranth), Food Red No .2 Aluminum Lake (Amaranth Aluminium 
Lake), Food Red No.3 (Erythrosine), F ood Red No.40 (Allura Red), Food Red No.40 
Aluminium Lake (Allura Red AC Aluminiu m Lake), Food Red No.102 (New occine, 
Ponceau 4R), Lac Color, Berries Color, Beet Red, Red Cabbage Color, Cochineal Extract, 
Oleoresin Paprika, Monascus Color, Cartha mus Red, Maize Morado Color (Purple Corn 
Color), Sandalwood Red, Purple Sweet Potato Color, Purple Yam Color, Perilla Color, 
Grape Juice Color, Crayfish  Color, Red Radish Color 
 
Amendment of the specifications  (1 item)  
- Monascus Color 
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:     G/SPS/N/KOR/249 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Korea Food 
and Drug Administration Advance Notice No . 2007-134 (19 June 2007) (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:  30 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-gu 
Seoul, 122-704 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 at 
www.kfda.go.kr   and also available from:   
International Trade and Cooperation Team 
Korea Food and Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu 
Seoul, 122-704 Korea 
Tel: (82 2) 380 1661 Fax: (82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr