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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/137
4 July 2003
(03-3595)
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 Administration (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):  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 Draft Import
Inspection Guidelines for Health Functional Foods (available in Korean, 5 pages).
6. Description of content: .  Detailed information regarding inspection procedures, methods,
and requirements for health functional food imports to promote timeliness and efficiency
of import inspection process for health functional foods.
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, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection 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. 2003-58 (27 June 2003), available in Korean
only.
10. Proposed date of adoption:   August 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   August 2003G/SPS/N/KOR/137
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12. Final date for comments:  25 August 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
International Trade and Information Office
Korea Food and Drug Administration
5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704
Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 380 1647
Fax: +82 2 356 2893
E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [   ] National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
International Trade and Information Office
Korea Food and Drug Administration
5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 380 1647
Fax: +82 2 356 2893E-mail: wtokfda@kfda.go.kr