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Notifying
Member: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: The 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): Foods
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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
revision of the "Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Imported Food
Safety Control". Language(s):
Korean. Number of
pages: 12
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/KOR/25_08101_00_x.pdf
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Description
of content: This amendment is to
address and supplement some deficiencies identified in the operation of the
current system, specifically by allowing conditional import inspections for
minor labelling violations and requiring online purchase agency business for
imported food and other foodstuffs to direct consumers to the MFDS website
for safety information on directly purchased imported food and other
foodstuffs in their advertisements.
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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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10.
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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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11.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined.
[ ] 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): 19 January 2026
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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