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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): Livestock products

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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 Draft Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Livestock Products  Language(s): Korean  Number of pages: 31

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/KOR/15_2676_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: The proposed amendments seek to:

1.    Establish the definition of egg-related terms, expand the range of ingredients for egg products, and revise the processing standards for egg products;

2.    Revise the microbiological limits:

a. Revise the specification of bacterial counts in milks, low-fat milks, non-fat milks, hydrolyzed lactose milk, processed milks, goats milk and pasteurized/non-pasteurized egg products:

-      Milks, low-fat milks, non-fat milks, hydrolyzed lactose milk, processed milks, goats milk: ≤20,000 cfu/ml → n=5, c=2, m=10,000, M=50,000;

-      Pasteurized egg products/ready-to-eat egg product: ≤10,000 cfu/g → n=5, c=1, m=10,000, M=50,000;

-      Non-pasteurized egg products: ≤500,000 cfu/g → n=5, c=1, m=500,000, M=1,000,000;

b. Revise the specification of Bacillus cereus in milk formulas:

-      100/g → n=5, c=0, m=100;

3.    Revise the processing standards for ice creams; and

4.    Revise the microbiological test methods.

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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: The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Advance Notice No. 2015-217, 2 July 2015 (available in Korean)

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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: [ ] 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): 8 September 2015

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, Korea, 363-700

Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559

Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550

E-mail: wtokfda@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, Korea, 363-700

Tel: +(82 43) 719 1559

Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550

E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr