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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/147
10 November 2003
(03-5989)
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:   National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS),
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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):  Livestock products for human consumption, such as milk and milk products,
meat and meat products, and egg products, etc.
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:   The proposed draft of the
Amendment of the Labelling Standards for Livestock Products (Available in Korean,
2 pages)
6. Description of content:   The proposed amendments are as follows:
- Livestock products imported for the tourism industry with the objective of acquiring
foreign currency in accordance with the Enfo rcement Decree of the Foreign Trade Act
should be labelled in Korean.
- For the livestock products containing eg g, milk, buckwheat, peanut, soybean, wheat,
mackerel, crab, pork, peach and tomato, which are known to cause allergy, each allergic
ingredient should be declared regardless of the contents of the food.
- Labelling of packaging materials for livestoc k products should be in accordance with the
labelling standard for food under the Enfo rcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act.
- The label on a package of infant formula fo r infants under 6 months of age should contain
the following statement:  "Breast m ilk is the best food for babies".
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
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:  The document is generally aligned with the
standards, guidelines or recommendations of the CODEX with a few additions where
international standards, guidelines or recommendations do not exist.G/SPS/N/KOR/147
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NVRQS Public
Notice No. 2003-80, 14 October 2003 (Available in Korean)
10. Proposed date of adoption:   31 December 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   31 December 2003
12. Final date for comments:  10 December 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:
Livestock Products Safety Division
National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service#480, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang, Kyonggi 430-016
Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-31-467-1928
Fax: 82-31-467-1717
E-mail: rayk@nvrqs.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:
Livestock Products Safety Division
National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service
#480, Anyang 6-dong, Anyang, Kyonggi 430-016
Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-31-467-1928
Fax: 82-31-467-1717E-mail: rayk@nvrqs.go.kr