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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/73
29 September 2000
(00-3957)
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 and Drug Administration - KFDA
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Food additives
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment and Establishment of
Food Additives Code (15 pages)
5. Description of content:  
− Establishment of the specification (6 items):  Food Red No. 102, Sucralose, Nitrous
Oxide, 5'-Adenylic acid, 5'-Cytidylic acid, Oxygen
− Amendment of definition (2 items):  Yucca Extract, Cyclodextrin Syrup
− Amendment of specification (3 items):  Ester Gum, Calcium Phosphate Tribasic,
Cyclodextrin Syrup
− Admendment of use levels (12 items):  Sorbic acid, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate,
Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate, L-Cysteine  Monohydrochloride, Aspartame, Sodium
Benzoate, Potassium benzoate, Calcium Benzoate, Ethyl p-Hydroxybenzoate,
Propyl p-Hydroxybenzoate, Methyl p-Hydroxybenzoate, Gold Leaf
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex General Standard for Food Additives
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Korea Food and
Drug Administration advance notice No.2000-58, 5 September 2000 (available in Korean)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/73
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11. Final date for comments:  5 November 2000
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:   
Korea Food and Drug Administration
Food Evaluation Department
Nutrition Division
No.5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704
Korea
Tel:  (822) 380-1678-9
Fax:  (822) 382-4892
12. Texts available from: [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  As given
above (Item 11)