WORLD TRADE
G/SPS/N/KOR/421
27 July 2012
ORGANIZATION
(12-4117)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Original: English
NOTIFICATION
1.
Notifying Member: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2.
Agency responsible: Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF)
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): Livestock products
4.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5.
[X]
All trading partners
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Specific regions or countries:
Title of the notified document: Amendments to Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act,
its Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rule Language(s): Korean Number of
pages: 82
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/KOR/12_2910_00_x.pdf
6.
Description of content: Main points of Amendments to Livestock Products Sanitary
Control Act, its Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rule
1.
Amendments to the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act:
(a)
Changed the Korean term equivalent to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point to
Safety Management Certification Standard as official translation of HACCP;
(b)
Made HACCP a mandatory guideline for a greater number of processing facilities;
(c)
Added a new clause on exemption from inspection and evaluation on observing
HACCP;
(d)
Allowed only veterinary inspectors to conduct inspection of all domestic animals
and livestock products;
(e)
Stipulated livestock sanitary provisions to be followed by anyone who intends to
ship domestic animals or livestock products;
(f)
Added a new order that grants authority to veterinary inspectors to suspend
slaughter under hazardous circumstances.
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2.
Amendments to Enforcement Decree of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act:
(a)
In order to develop detailed standards of fines imposed for breaching minor
regulations set forth by the ordinance of MIFAFF among labelling regulations and
provisions to be followed by operators, the standards will be established by issuing
an ordinance of MIFAFF;
(b)
Greater fines will be imposed to slaughter operators who violate Sanitary Control
Standard and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point;
3.
Amendments to Enforcement Rule of Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act;
(a)
Improved sanitary control standards for slaughterhouses to enhance sanitation
conditions in slaughterhouses;
(b)
When the same livestock products as the ones that were determined to be
inappropriate for import in a thorough inspection or random sample test (limited to
the products with the same manufacturing date and/or the same expiration date)
given at the time of importation are cleared customs after document examination,
such products will be collected for inspection. If the same products are imported
again, they shall be determined to be inappropriate for import;
(c)
Improved facility standards for slaughterhouses to enhance sanitation conditions in
slaughterhouses. Established exceptions that allow retail meat sales business and
instant manufacturing, processing and sales business to share space for operation
instead of each required to be operated in a separated or divided area;
(d)
Amended criteria for administrative action for slaughter operators;
(e)
Improved compliance requirements of slaughter operators and their employees;
(f)
Specified standards of fines for violations of labelling standards and compliance
requirements of operators.
7.
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.
8.
Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[X]
Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard
or related text)
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World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic
Animal Health Code, chapter number)
[]
International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)
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None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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9.
Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Korean
official government gazette, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Notice
No. 2012-330, 331, 332 (available in Korean)
10.
Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
11.
Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or
(dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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12.
Trade facilitating measure
Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 25 September 2012
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Food Safety & Sanitation Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city
Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719
Republic of Korea
Tel: +(82) 2 500 2102
Fax: +(82) 2 503 0020
Email: chungjae92@korea.kr
13.
Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Food Safety & Sanitation Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
88, Gwanmunro, Gwacheon-city
Gyeonggi-Do, 427-719
Republic of Korea
Tel: +(82) 2 500 2102
Fax: +(82) 2 503 0020
Email: chungjae92@korea.kr