. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/186 
1 July 2005 
 (05-2872) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Imported 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:   Inspection Guidelines for 
Imported foods, etc. (available only in Korean). 
6. Description of content:   
The following is among the revised draft. 
- Focusing KFDA's tests on high-risk or problematic food items, instead of 
conducting tests for all importe d foods indiscriminately   
- Designating intensive test for food additives (natural additives) by item 
- Stipulating newly-classified agricultura l products, and adding  pesticides whose 
MRLs are newly established to the list of pesticides that are subject to a random 
sampling test and a single-residue test  
Setting criteria for determining and designating imported foods which have clean record for 
a certain period of time and are recognized as safe by the Commissioner of KFDA 
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:  KFDA's notification 
No. 2005-70 (13 June 2005) (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/186 
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 12. Final date for comments:  13 August 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(www.kfda.go.kr
), and are also available from:  
International Trade and Legal Affairs Office  
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku  Seoul, 122-704 
Republic of Korea  
Telephone:  +82 2 380 1661  Telefax:  +82 2 356 2893  
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website 
(www.kfda.go.kr ), and are also available from:  
International Trade and Legal Affairs Office  
Korea Food and Drug Administration  
5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku  
Seoul, 122-704 
Republic of Korea  Telephone:  +82 2 380 1661  
Telefax:  +82 2 356 2893  
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr