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Notifying
Member: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Ministry of Food and
Drug Safety
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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): Food additives
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Proposed
amendments to Standards for Recognition of Temporary Standard and
Specifications for Foods - Advance Notice No. 2025-277, 18 June 2025. Language(s): Korean. Number of pages: 9
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/KOR/25_04131_00_x.pdf
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Description
of content: The Republic of Korea
is proposing to amend the "Standards for Recognition of Temporary
Standard and Specifications for Foods".
The
regulations on applying for temporary standards and specifications of new
food additives have been improved as following;
1)_ The safety evaluation report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee
on Food Additives (JECFA) will be accepted as a toxicity test documents on
the submission for temporary standards and specifications of food additives;
2)_ Applicant have to submit repeated-dose 90-day oral toxicity study
and genotoxicity test data and then if there are safety concerns, additional
toxicity test data will be required;
3)_
The ingredients
and mixing ratio will be included in the scope of change for food additives
that have already been recognized as temporary standards and specifications
but have no safety issues.
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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.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[X] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 25 August 2025
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
International
Cooperation Office
Ministry of
Food and Drug Safety
#187
Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Heungdoek-gu, Cheongju-si
Chungcheongbuk-do,
363-700, Korea
Tel: +(82 43)
719 1569
Fax: +(82 43)
719 1550
E-mail:
intmfds@korea.kr
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Documents are available from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
website at http://www.mfds.go.kr. Also available from:
International Cooperation Office
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
#187 Osongsaengmyeong2-ro, Osong-eup, Heungdoek-gu, Cheongju-si
Chungcheongbuk-do, 363-700, Korea
Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569
Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550
E-mail: intmfds@korea.kr
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