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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/145
25 September 2003
(03-5090)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Korea Food and Drug Administration
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):  Sanitizer and disinfectant for food contact materials
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
trading partner.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Amendment of the
Approval Guideline of Sanitizing and Disinf ectant Product for Food Contact Materials (33
pages)
6. Description of content:    
-  Materials for approval
-  Application form
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Korea Food and
Drug Administration advan ce Notice No. 2003-94, 18 September 2003 (available in Korean).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined.G/SPS/N/KOR/145
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12. Final date for comments:  17 October 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
International Trade & Information Office
Korea food and Drug Administration
#5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Korea
Fax:  +82 (2)  356 2893
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website:
(www.kfda.go.kr ).  Also available from:
International Trade & Information Office
Korea food and Drug Administration
#5 Nokbun-dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Korea
Fax:  +82 (2)  356 2893
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr