G/SPS/N/KOR/300
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World Trade
Organization
G/SPS/N/KOR/300
11 November 2008
(08-5486)
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: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
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): Functional health food
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: Proposed Draft Amendment of the Functional Health Food Act (available in Korean, 94 pages)
6. / Description of content: Revision of the Food Sanitation Act:
- To make the Health Functional Food Act easier to comprehend and paraphrase the Act in a simpler style.
- To specify education order for business people and employees (when it is not feasible for business people and employees to get education in advance due to reasons prescribed by the Enforcement Rule of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs; the business people and employees may get education within three months from the date that the reasons are resolved).
7. / Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X]protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests
8. / International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), [ ]International Plant Protection Convention, [X] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. / Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: MW Public Notification 380 (13 October 2008) published in the Korean Official Gazette (available in Korean)
10. / Proposed date of adoption: To be determined.
11. / Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined.
12. / Final date for comments: 20 days after the date of notification
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]National notification authority, [X]National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Food Policy Division
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
The Republic of Korea
Tel: +(82 2) 2023 7781~93
Fax: +(82 2) 2023 7780
E-mail:
13. / Texts available from: [X] National notification authority, [X] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Food Policy Division
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
110-793 / 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
The Republic of Korea
Tel: +(82 2) 2023 7781~93
Fax: +(82 2) 2023 7780
E-mail: