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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/132
4 July 2003
(03-3591)
Committee on Sanitary and 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 & Drug Ad ministration (KFDA)
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):  Standards and specifications of health functional  food.
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 Establishment
of Standards and specifications of health functional food, available in Korean, 328 pages.
6. Description of content: .
1. Chapter 1 contains general principles including range of Health Functional Food,
relevant official codes, determination of acceptability, definition of word, etc.
2. Chapter 2 contains common standards and specifications for Health Functional Food
including ingredient, manufacturing standards which is applying to all Health
Functional Food.
3. Chapter 3 contains standards and specifications for nutritional supplement products,
ginseng products, red ginseng products, eel oil products, products containing EPA
and/or DHA, royal jelly products, yeast products, pollen products, products
containing squalene, enzyme products, products containing lactic acid bacteria,
chlorella products, spirulina products, products containing gamma linolenic acid,germ oil products, germ products, lecithin products, products containing
octacosanol, products containing alkoxyglycerol, grape seed oil products, fermented
plant extract products, mucopolysaccharid e-protein products, products containing
chlorophyll, mushroom products, aloe products, Japanese apricot extract products,
soft shell turtle products, products containing beta-carotene, products containingchitosan, products containing chitooligosaccharide, products containing
glucosamine, propolis extract products.
4. Chapter 4 contains collection and handling of samples.
5. Chapter 5 contains methods testing Health Functional Food.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] 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 Advance
Notice No. 2003-62, 28 June 2003 (available in Korean).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  27 August 2003
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:
Korea Food & Drug Administration
Fax: 82-2-380-1678
E-mail: kfdae19@kfda.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Korea Food & Drug Administration
Department of Food Evaluation
Division of Nutrition
Fax: 82-2-380-1678
E-mail: kfdae19@kfda.go.kr