WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/KOR/405 
21 February 2012 
 (12-0996) 
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:  Ministry for Food, Agricultu re, Forestry and Fisheries 
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 
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 Amendment of the Ministerial Ordinance of the 
Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act (Nam e of the Act in English has been changed 
from Livestock Products Sanitation Act on 26 November 2010)  Language(s):  Korean  
Number of pages:  17 
6. Description of content:  The MIFAFF proposed an Amendment of the Ministerial 
Ordinance of the Livestock Products Sanitation Act. 
This document is to define particulars co mmissioned by the Act and necessary provisions 
required to implement the Act, as the Livest ock Products Sanitation Act was amended and 
promulgated (Act No. 11100, 22 November 2011;  Enforcement date:  23 May 2012), 
which was proposed by a National Assembly me mber to clarify prohibited acts of the 
importers. 
A. Details of the safety standards, among th e prohibited acts of the importers, have 
been defined, which should be observed by the importer and commissioned by the Act 
(paragraph (8) of the Article 21 of the Proposition)  
- Safety standards:  "Safety standards prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry 
for the Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheri es" refer to the residue limit requirements of 
harmful substances and standards for pat hogenic microorganisms which bring about food 
borne illness such as Enterobacter sakazakii , and Bacillus cereus  etc. 
Appendix I Prohibited acts of the importer in the partly amended Act Article 15 (3) of the Livestock Products San itation Act [The Livestock Products Sanitation 
Act (No. 11100, 22 November 2011, Enforcement date:  23 May 2012)] 
(3) Any  person   who  intends  to  report  importation  or  has  reported  importation  in G/SPS/N/KOR/405 
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  accordance with paragraph (1) shall not commit acts that fall under any of the following 
subparagraphs:  
1. Act to report importation with false in formation or in a dishonest manner.  
2. Act to use or sell imported livestoc k products for different purposes from the 
reports that have been made according to the Paragraph (1).  But a case can be excluded if a 
person, who has been authorized to operate  livestock products processing business or meat 
packaging and processing establishments accordi ng to Article 22, or who reported business 
operation of food producing a nd processing in accordance with Article 36 of the Food 
Sanitation Act, received approval to change the uses after reporting the importation of 
livestock products as raw materials to produce their products. 
3. Act to re-import livestock products that ha ve been returned to the exporting country 
or taken out to other nations, after being rejected as a result of the test conducted according 
to paragraph (2).  
4. Act to violate the importation report requirements prescribed in the latter part of 
paragraph (2).  
5. Act to report importation, although the importer knew or could have known that the 
ingredient of the livestock products violat ed the safety standards prescribed by the 
Ordinance of the Ministry for the Food, Ag riculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the 
ingredient standards, which have been no tified in accordance with paragraph (2) of 
Article 4. 
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)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] 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:  Korean 
official government gazette, Ministry for Food , Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Notice 
No. 2012-27 (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  G/SPS/N/KOR/405 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  23 May 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  21 April 2012 
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:   
Food Safety & Sanitation Division 
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 Republic of Korea Tel: +(82) 2 500 2102 
Fax: +(82) 2 503 0020 
E-mail: chungjae92@korea.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Food Safety & Sanitation Division  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city 
Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719 
Republic of Korea Tel: +(82) 2 500 2102 Fax: +(82) 2 503 0020 E-mail: chungjae92@korea.kr