WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/336 
28 July 2009  
 (09-3671) 
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 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: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed amendments to the Standards and 
Specifications for Food Additives  Language:  Korean  Number of pages:  143   
6. Description of content:   
The proposed regulation establishes and revi ses compositional specifications for 60 food 
additives. 
(1) Specifications for lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, antimony, selenium, nickel, iron 
and zinc are strengthened or established in the following 60 items:  
 Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate, calcium disodium ethylenediamine-
tetraacetate, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide , phosphoric acid, sucrose esters of fatty 
acids, xylitol, lactic acid, ferrous lactate,  calcium lactate, tribasic sodium phosphate, 
tribasic potassium phosphate, tribasic ca lcium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, 
dibasic ammonium phosphate, dibasic potassium phosphate, dibasic calcium phosphate, monobasic sodium phosphate , monobasic ammonium phosphate, 
monobasic potassium phosphate, monobasic calcium phosphate, DL-tartaric acid, L-
tartaric acid, disodium L-tartrate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium acetate, β-
carotene, carmine, sodium carboxymet hylcellulose, sodium caseinate, sodium 
carbonate, magnesium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, 
ammonium carbonate, potassium carbonate anhydrous, calcium carbonate, tert-
butylhydroquinone, ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate, polydextrose, polyvinyl 
polypyrrolidone, polysorbate 20, polysorba te 60, polysorbate 65, polysorbate 80, 
sodium polyphosphate, potassium polyphosphat e, fumaric acid, sodium propionate, 
calcium propionate, propylene glycol, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, sodium pyrophosphate, potassium pyrophosphate, succini c acid, sulfuric acid, sodium sulfate, 
cupric sulfate, and magnesium sulfate G/SPS/N/KOR/336 
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  (2) Specifications are established for residual solvents and dimethylsulfoxide in sucrose 
esters of fatty acids. 
(3) Specifications for fluorides are strengthened or established in the following 7 items:  Calcium lactate, tribasic sodium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, calcium 
carbonate, sodium polyphosphate, potassium  polyphosphate, and calcium propionate 
(4) Specifications for 1,4-dioxane are strengthened in 4 items: 
 Polysorbate 20, polysorbate 60, polysorbate 65, and polysorbate 80 (5) Specifications for residual nitrite are established in 2 items:  Sodium nitrate, and potassium nitrate Definitions of sodium carbonate, polydextrose, and sodium sulfate are revised.  
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 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:  The Korea 
Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2009-198, 17 July 2009 (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   G/SPS/N/KOR/336 
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  12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  17 September 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
International Trade & Statistics Office 
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@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] 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 at 
www.kfda.go.kr .  Also available from:   
International Trade & Statistics Office 
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@korea.kr