2.

Agency responsible: The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

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): Foods

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

5.

Title of the notified document: Recommended Specification for Acrylamide in Food. Language(s): Korean. Number of pages: 1

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KOR/24_08077_00_x.pdf

6.

Description of content:

·        Commodity/Product and Recommended Specification for Acrylamide:

The recommended specification for processed cereal products and ready-to-eat foods have been revised to apply only to roasted, baked, or fried.

·        Operating period: From 1 February 2025

·        Action for Exceeding Recommended Specification:

1.    Encourage manufacturers, processors and importers of products exceeding the recommended specification to comply with and improve the recommended specification (notify inspection results to manufacturers, processors, or importers, refrain from importing the products, etc.)

2.    Disclosure of information** when improvement measures are not implemented* for products exceeding the recommended Specification

* (Distribution food) Determined after six month in collection and inspection of same product / (Imported food) Exceeded recommended Specification twice or more.

** Food Safety Korea website (MFDS)> Professional information> Products exceeding the recommended Specification.

·        Acts and subordinate statutes for Recommended Specification:

Article 7-2 of the Food Sanitation Act (Illustrations of Recommended Specification, etc.)

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:

[ ]        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:

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 26 January 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: [email protected]

13.

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

Tel: +(82 43) 719 1569

Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550

E-mail: [email protected]