WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/88/Add.1
1 July 2002
(02-3663)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 21 June 2002, has been received from the Republic of
Korea.
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Mandatory certificate stating that the BSE related products, in whole or in part, do not originate from
the specified countries
The Korea Food and Drug Ministry has prohibited the importation of BSE related products
originating from Israel since 7 June 2002 and from Japan since September 2001 and, therefore, bothJapan and Israel shall be included in the list of countries specified in G/SPS/N/KOR/88.
Therefore, countries other than those specified shall attach to the products a certificate stating
that processed food and food additives of ruminant origin do not originate from the specified countries
to prevent introduction of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy into the Republic of Korea.
The full text of this addendum as well as the full text of the original notification are available
from the address below.
International Trade and Information Division
Korea Food and Drug Ministry
No. 5 Nokbundong Eupyung GuSeoul, 122-704 Republic of Korea
Tel: 822 380 1648
Fax: 822 388 6392
E-mail:  wtokfda@kfda.go.kr
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