. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/327 
18 May 2009 
 (09-2395) 
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:  Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family affairs 
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, food additives, apparatus, p ackaging and containers for food 
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 Amendment of the Enforcement Decree 
of the Food Sanitation Act & the Enforcem ent Regulation of the Food Sanitation Act 
Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  398 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act 
& the Enforcement Regulation of the Food Sanitation Act: 
− To extend nutritional labelling on children's  favourite foods (Kim bab, hamburger, 
sandwich, sausage (fish, meat etc.)); 
− To impose on multiplying sales volume of dangerous and harmful food by a retail price 
for manufacturing, processing, selling et c. adulterated food as undue profit; 
− To establish the emergency inspection system to consider an immediate 
countermeasure for dangerous and harmfu l food and to let a large number of 
consumers ask inspection; 
− To set up the "Center for Food Safety Information" to collect information on food 
safety and inform consumers; 
− To establish standards and targets of fo reign materials in foods etc.;  and 
− To regulate profiteers, the times and procedures etc. on safety assessment of sanitation 
level. 
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/327 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] 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:  MW Public 
Notification 2009-279 (24 April 2009) published in  the Korean Official Gazette (available 
in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
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 ):  14 July 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  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 Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  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