KOREA - MEASURES CONCERNING THE SHELF-LIFE OF PRODUCTS
Document: Notification of Mutually Agreed Solution Communication from the Republic of Korea Addendum The followingcommunication, entitled"Notificationof theCorresponding HarmonizedSystem Headings of the Products Which Remain Subject to Shelf-life Requirements in the Korean Food Code as of 1 July 1996", dated 9 August 1996, from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea, is circulated at the request of that delegation.
Date: 20 September 1996
Document codes: WT/DS5/5/Add.5; WT/DS5/5/Add.4; G/SPS/W/27/Add.5; G/TBT/D/3/Add.5; G/AG/W/8/Add.5; G/SPS/W/27/Add.4; G/TBT/D/3/Add.4; G/AG/8/Add.4
Complainant: U.S.
Respondent: South Korea
Dispute stage: Consultation
Agreements cited: Art. 4  AgricultureArt. III, XI  GATT 1994Art. 2, 5  Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)Art. 2  Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

KOREA - MEASURES CONCERNING THE SHELF-LIFE OF PRODUCTS
Notification of Mutually Agreed Solution
Communication from the Republic of Korea
Addendum
The followingcommunication, entitled"Notificationof theCorresponding HarmonizedSystem
Headings of the Products Which Remain Subject to Shelf-life Requirements in the Korean Food Code
as of 1 July 1996", dated 9 August 1996, from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea, is
circulated at the request of that delegation.
Republic of Korea notifies the WTO of the corresponding Harmonized System (HS) headings of all
of the products which remain subject to shelf-life requirement in the Korean Food Code as of 1 July
1996. Those products are listed in Attachment 1.
2. The shelf-life status of frozen food products is clarified in Attachment 2 for the reference of
interested Members.

Attachment 1
NOTIFICATION OF THE CORRESPONDING HARMONIZED SYSTEM HEADINGS
OF THE PRODUCTS WHICH REMAIN SUBJECT TO SHELF-LIFE
REQUIREMENTS IN THE KOREAN FOOD CODE AS OF 1 JULY 1996
Products
Categories under
the Food Code
Products HS No.
1. Confectionaries 1-1 Breads and rice cakes
1. Refrigerated
2. Others
1905
3. Ice creams 3-4 Ice cream mixes
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
2106.90, 1806.20
1806.90, 1901.90
4. Milk & milk
products
4-1 Milk
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0401.20
4-2 Low-fat milk
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0401.10, 0401.20
4-3 Lactose-lysed milk
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0401.10, 0401.20
4-4 Processed milk
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0402.99, 0404.90
1806.20, 1806.90
2202.90
4-5 Goat milk
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0401.20, 0401.30
4-6 Fermented milk products
(excluding frozen products)
1. Fermented milk, fermented cream
milk, fermented butter milk
2. Concentrated fermented milk,
Concentrated fermented cream milk
0403
4-7 Butter milk
1. Pasteurized (butter milk)
2. Sterilized (butter milk)
0403.90
4. Milk & milk products 4-8 Concentrated milk
1. Concentrated milk
Concentrated skim milk
2. Pasteurized
0402.9

Products
Categories under
the Food Code
Products HS No.
4-9 Milk creams
(excluding frozen products)
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0401.30, 0402.9
4-14 Whey
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
0404.10
5. Meat & meat products 5-1 Meat products
1. Ham
2. Bacon
3. Sausage, Mixed sausage
a. Cooked
i. Refrigerated
b. Uncooked
i. Refrigerated
5. Seasoned meat
(Marinated meat)
a. Refrigerated
6. Ground meat products
a. Cooked
i. Refrigerated
7. Packaged meat
a. Beef
b. Pork
(excluding frozen meat)
c. Poultry meat,
miscellaneous meat
(excluding frozen meat)
9. Fried meat products
10. Processed rib products
- Refrigerated
1602.4, 0210.1
0210.1
1601.00
1602
1602
0201
0203.1
0204, 0205.00
0207, 0208
1601, 1602
1602
5. Meat & meat products 5-2 Egg products
1. Liquid
a. Pasteurized
b. Unpasteurized
2. Heated and formed
0407.00, 0408

Products
Categories under
the Food Code
Products HS No.
6. Fishery products 6-1 Fishery products
(excluding frozen products)
1. Pasteurized
2. Sterilized
3. Fried
4. Other refrigerated
0304, 0305,
1604.20
7. Bean curd
products
7-1 Bean curd (tofu)
1. Apr. - Oct.
2. Nov.- Mar.
3. Refrigerated (0-10 C)
2106.10
7-2 Processed bean curd (tofu)
1. Fried bean curd(tofu) or Yubu
2. Yuba
a. Dried
b. Other
3. Miscellaneous products
a. Mar.-Nov.
b. Dec.-Feb.
c. Refrigerated (0-10 )
2106.10
2106.10
7-3 Bean curd made with soy flour
1. Apr.-Oct.
2. Nov.-Mar.
3. Refrigerated (0-10 C)
2106.10
7-4 Mooks (Korean traditional jelled products)
1. Apr.-Oct.
2. Nov.-Mar.
3. Refrigerated (0-10 C)
2106.90
9. Noodles 9-1 Noodles (excluding frozen products)
1. Uncooked/cooked
a. Unpasteurized
i. Apr.-Oct.
ii. Nov.-Mar.
iii. Refrigerated (below 10 C)
b. Pasteurized
i. General pasteurized
c. Alcohol soaked
i. Room temperature
ii. Refrigerated
(at 10 C or lower)
1902.19
11. Beverages 11-1 Fruit & vegetable beverages
1. Unheated fruit & vegetable juices
2009

Products
Categories under
the Food Code
Products HS No.
11-3 Soy milk
1. Pasteurized (above PH4.6)
2202.90
11-4 Beverages containing lactic acid bacteria 2202.90
17. Kimchi & pickled foods 17-1 Kimchis
1. Others excluding sterilized or
pasteurized products (including
refrigerated products)
2005.90
17-2 Jeotkals
1. Miscellaneous products excluding
jeotkal, liquid jeotkal, seasoned jeotkal
1604, 1605
17-3 Preserved products
1. Miscellaneous products excluding
preserved by sugar, sterilized,
pasteurized, pickled
a. Refrigerated with vacuum
packaging (at 10 C or lower)
b. Refrigerated (at 10 C or lower)
c. Ambient temperature
2005, 2008
17-4 Hard boiled foods
1. Others excluding sterilized or
pasteurized products (including
refrigerated products)
1602, 1604, 1605,
2003, 2005, 2008,
2106.90
18. Alcoholic beverages 18-1 Takju
1. Unpasteurized
2206.00
18-2 Yakju
1. Unpasteurized
2206.00
20. Miscellaneous foods 20-10 Deep-frying products for on-site
consumption
20-12 Dosiraks
1. Dosirak, Hamburgers
(for on-site consumption)
a. Summer (Jun.-Sep.)
b. Others (Jan.-May, Oct.-Dec.)
2. Laver rice

Attachment 2
SHELF-LIVES OF FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS
1. Effective 1 July 1996, shelf-lives of all frozen food products, including the frozen foods agreed
upon in the Korea-US agreement regarding the shelf-life issue notified the WTO Dispute Settlement
Body and other Committees concerned on 20 July 1995, shall be determined by the manufacturers
of the products.
2. The Harmonized System headings of the frozen foods described in the said Korea-US agreement
are as follows:
A. Frozen Meat
- Sausages and Minced Meat
16.01.00, 16.02(.10, .20, .31, .39, .41, .42, .49, .50, .90)
- Pork and Poultry
02.03(.21, .22, .29), 02.07(.21, .22,.23, .41, .42, .43, .50)
- Beef
02.02(.10, .20, .30)
B. Other Frozen Foods
- 03.06 (.11, .12, .13, .14, .19)
- 04.06 (.10, .30, .0)
- 04.08 (.19, .99)
- 07.10 (.10, .21, .22, .29, .30, .40, .80, .90)
- 08.11 (.10, .20, .90)
- 16.04 (.11, .12, .13, .14, .15, .16, .19, .20, .30)
- 16.05 (.10, .20, .30, .40, .90)
- 19.05 (.10, .20, .30, .40, .90)
- 20.02 (.10, .90)
- 20.04 (.10, .90)
- 20.08 (.11, .19, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60, .70, .80, .91, .92, .99)
- 20.09 (.11, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60, .70, .80, .90)