. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/KOR/74 
8 June 2004 
 (04-2477) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Korea Food and Drug Administration 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X  ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Foods      
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Revision of 
Foods Labelling Standards (Available in Korean, 20 pages) 
6. Description of content:   KFDA has proposed the following revision to the Foods Labelling 
Standards to provide further information to the consumers and harmonize the international 
standards: 
Except for some cases, all ingredients to be listed in descending order of ingoing weight at 
the time of the manufacture of the food. 
For ice cakes, sell-by-date to be declared.  Bread or rice cake, dry confectionery, candy, chocolate, jam, noodles, fruit and vegetable 
beverages, soybean milk to be added to  foods subject to nutrition labelling.  
For foods containing caffeine in a proportion in excess of 0.15 mg/ml or mg/g, the message 
of “high caffeine content” to be declared. T ea and products to be sold under term “coffee” 
and “tea” not to be applied.  
Except for some cases, food types labelling to be deleted. Labelling of packaging materials to be deleted. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Since labelling provisions are critical informati on that may affect importers of food, it is 
necessary to disclose general food labelling information, thereby ensuring the fair trade.      G/TBT/N/KOR/74 
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8. Relevant documents:   The Korea Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 
2004-64, 4 June, 2004 (Available in Korean) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined      
10. Final date for comments:   4 August 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
International Trade and Legal Affairs Office 
Korea Food and Drug Administration #5, Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-ku Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea  
Tel.: +82 2 380 1661 
Fax: +82 2 356 2893 
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr       
 