 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/KOR/164 
27 August 2004 
 (04-3579) 
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):  Food additives 
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:   Standards and 
Specifications of Food Additives (Available in Korean, 1 page). 
6. Description of content:   
Establishment of three additional active ingr edients as biocidal products for apparatus, 
containers or packages of foods  
 Cetylpyridinium chloride 
 Poly-[2-(2-ethoxy) ethoxyethyl guanidium chloride] 
 Polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride 
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:  The Korea Food and 
Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2004-134, 18 August 2004 (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/164 
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 12. Final date for comments:  17 October 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or addr ess, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website at 
www.kfda.go.kr  
.  Also available from:   
International Trade & Legal Affairs Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration #5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-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 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 at 
www.kfda.go.kr  .  Also available from:   
International Trade & Legal Affairs Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration 
#5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku Seoul, 122-704 Korea Tel:  (82 2) 380 1661 Fax:  (82 2) 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
 
 
 