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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/349 
16 October 2009 
 (09-5112) 
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:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food-contact surface sanitizing solution 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed amendments to Standards & Specifications for 
Food-Contact Surface Sanitizing Solution  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  8 
6. Description of content:  To strengthen the safety management system for food-contact 
surface sanitizing solution, the proposed regula tion removes 11 chemical agents from the 
list of ingredients for sanitizing solution form ulation, integrates three analogues into one 
compound, and allows one additional substance for use. 
To clarify the scope of application of chemical compounds allowed for use in 
manufacturing sanitizing solution, ch emical names of "silver" and " α-Alkyl(C 11-C15)-ω-
hydroxypoly(oxyethylene)with ethylene oxide content 9 to 13 moles" are revised. 
The regulation also revises general standard s for permitted the use of sanitizing solution. 
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. 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 number)    
[X] None  G/SPS/N/KOR/349 
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  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:  The Korea 
Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2009-256, 25 September 2009 
(available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed 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) :  15 December 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu Seoul, 122-704 Korea Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(http://www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from:  
International Trade & Statistics Office  
Korea Food & Drug Administration #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-gu 
Seoul, 122-704 Korea 
Fax:  +(82 2) 356 2893 E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr