. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.149
30 March 1999
(99-1274)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 & Drug Administration (KFDA)
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Official Notification of
the Labelling Standards for Food (74 pages, available in Korean)
6. Description of content:
(1) Deregulation of labelling standards on food products:
- Requirement to indicate the name of business permission issuer and number
on the food product label is deleted;
- the content of ingredients is not required to be marked on the label if the
composition standard of major raw-material in food products is listed onFood Code (glucose, fructose, taffy, sugar syrup, dextrin, some ginseng
products, etc.);
- if ingredients or contents are used as the product name or a part of product
name, only the percentage of such ingredients or contents is required to be
specified on the label.
(2) Preparation for the Y2K problem:
- Indication of manufacturing date and shelf-life can be marked as one of the
following:  "0000.00.00" or "00year 00month 00date" or "0000 year
00month 00date".
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Deregulation of labelling requirements on food product and preparation for the Y2K
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8. Relevant documents: KFDA Notification 1999-15
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 18 February 1999
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:
Division of Food Safety
Department of Food Safety
Korea Food & Drug Administration
Telefax:  82-2-388-6396          