. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/262 
10 October 2007  
 (07-4335) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF
 KOREA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Korea Food and Drug Administration 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Health/Functional Foods 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment of 
the Standards and Specifications of Health/Func tional Foods (available in Koean, 294 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
- Reorganizing Health/Functional Food Code in  view of the characteristics of functional 
ingredients;  
- Completing the re-evaluation on the pre-ex isting authorized He alth/Functional Foods; 
- Adding 16 new functional ingredients, such as N-acetylglucosamin, indi gestible dextrin, to 
the lists of authorized Health/Functional Foods; 
- Establishing the range of daily intake for vitamins and minerals in Health/Functional Foods 
and applying their maximum limits as a recommended guideline. 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Korea Food and Drug 
Administration Advance Notice No. 2007-195( 1 October 2007) (available in Korean) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. G/SPS/N/KOR/262 
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  12. Final date for comments:  60 days after distribution of the notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
 International Trade & Cooperation Team 
 Korea Food and Drug Administration 
 #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeung-Ku  Seoul, 122-704 Korea  Tel: +(82 2) 380 1661  Fax: +(82 2) 356 2893 
 E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available from the Korea F ood and Drug Administration website at 
http://www.kfda.go.kr  and also available from:   
 International Trade & Cooperation Team 
 Korea Food and Drug Administration 
 #194 Tongilro, Eunpyeong-Ku 
 Seoul, 122-704 Korea  Tel: +(82 2) 380 1661  Fax: +(82 2) 356 2893  E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr