RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/KOR/24
12February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0509)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: REPUBLIC OFKOREA
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Food, Food
Additives, Apparatus forFood, Packaging andContainers forFood
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Establishment ofstandards and
procedures forrecognition ofthecertificate oftestresults issued bytheauthorized
domestic orforeign foodsanitation inspection agencies
5. Description ofcontent:
- Theauthorized foreign sanitation inspection agency shallbeestablished bythe
foreign localorcentral government, ordesignated bysuchgovernment and
recognized bytheMinister ofHealth andWelfare oftheRepublic ofKorea
- Thetestcertificate issued bytheabove mentioned agency isrecognized ona
reciprocal basis
- Thespecific conditions required ofthecertificate aredescribed inthe
Inspection Guidelines ofimported Foods notified inOctober 1995
- Tests shallbesubject tothetestmethods oftheKorea Food Code orthose of
AOAC (Association ofOfficial Analytical Chemists)
6. Objective andrationale: Tofacilitate theimport offoodproducts
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents: Government Notice No.1995-104 (30December 1995)
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdecided
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10. Final date forcomments: 15March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Food Circulation Division
Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
1Chungang-dong, Kwachon, Kyunggi-do
Republic ofKorea
Tel: 82-2-504-6206
Fax: 82-2-504-6207