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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/KOR/394 
20 September 2011 
 (11-4540) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency 
(QIA) of the Ministry for Food, Agricu lture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) 
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):  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   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed draft of Amendments to the Labelling Standards 
for Livestock Products  Language(s):  Korean  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments are the following: 
 Ice cream products, ice cream mix products and ice cream powder products containing 
lactic acid bacteria and fermented milk shall have separate labelling.  In case of ice 
cream products, the number of lactic acid bacteria shall be indicated; 
 Addition of  reference amount for declaration of nutrition "per serving" (Table3); 
 Shell egg (hen 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.    
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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/KOR/394 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The document is generally aligned with the standards, guidelines 
or recommendations of Codex with a few ad ditions where international standards, 
guidelines or recommendations do not exist. 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  QIA Public 
Notice No. 2011-68, 9 September 2011 (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed 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) :  19 November 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Livestock Products Safety Division 
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quaran tine and Inspection Agency (QIA) 
Tel:  +(82 31) 467 4388 Fax:  +(82 31) 467 1974 E-mail:  namkung01@korea.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  
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quaran tine and Inspection Agency (QIA) 
Tel:  +(82 31) 467 4388 Fax:  +(82 31) 467 1974 E-mail:  namkung01@korea.kr