RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/KOR/11
25August 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2483)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: REPUBLIC OFKOREA
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth andWelfare (MOHW)
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Food, Food
Additives, Food Apparatus, Packaging andContainers forFood
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Additional revision oftheFood
sanitation ActandtheMinisterial Ordinance oftheFood Sanitation Act(Total:
207pages)
5. Description ofcontent:
Food Sanitation Act:
- Abolition ofself-standards andspecification system
- Introduction ofHazard Analysis andCritical Control Points (HACCP) system
- Introduction ofobjective hearing system
- Recruitment ofspecialists ininternational standards andspecifications
Ministerial Ordinance oftheFood Sanitation Act:
- Acceptance ofdomestic and/or international inspection institutions testresults
- Introduction ofpre-notification system forimported products
- Unification oflabeling standards andrelated regulations intotheMOHW 'sofficial
gazette
- Establishment offoodsanitation directives, etc.
6. Objective andrationale: Toextend thediscretion offoodmanufacturers andtoensure
foodsafety.
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
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8. Relevant documents: Notification ofDraft Food Sanitation Act(G/SPS/N/KOR/6) and
Draft Ministerial Ordinance oftheFood Sanitation Act(G/SPS/N/KOR/4)
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce:
Food Sanitation Act: 1January 1996 (subject tochange according totheschedule of
theNational Assembly)
Ministerial Ordinance oftheFood Sanitation Act: effective afterpromulgation
(scheduled forAugust 1995)
10. Final date forcomments: 30September 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Food Circulation Division
Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
1Choongang dong
Kwachon City, Kyunggi do
427-790 Republic ofKorea
Tel:82-2-504-6206
Fax:82.2.504-6207