Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on the Declaration and Inspection of Imported Food Products, etc


WTO code G/SPS/N/KOR/801
Date notice 19/06/2024
Notice type Regular
Title Proposed Amendments to the Regulation on the Declaration and Inspection of Imported Food Products, etc
Summary

The main proposed amendments seek to:

A. Clarify the application process for the expedited approval procedures of the notification on the raw materials that are used for acquiring foreign currency pursuant and the raw materials that are used for self-manufacturing purposes(Foods, etc., recognized as safe by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety/ Foods, etc., with test/inspection reports from foreign testing /inspection institutions);

B. Adjust the list of food products, etc., that the Minister of Food and Drug Safety recognizes as safe by reflecting the non-compliance records;

C. Adjust the number of pesticides that are test items for the laboratory inspections conducted on the newly imported agricultural products by reflecting the noncompliance records, etc.

Product Foods
Country Republic of Korea

File attach:
NKOR801.pdf

Orther Notice:


G/SPS/N/CHN/1315 - National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Standard for Flavourings
G/SPS/N/CHN/1316 - National food safety standard of the P.R.C: Food additive Erythritol
G/SPS/N/CHN/1317 - National food safety standard of the P.R.C: Food additive Sodium Alginate
G/SPS/N/CHN/1318 - National food safety standard of the P.R.C.: Food additives Brilliant Blue FCF (GB 1886.217-2016) Amendment No. 1.
G/SPS/N/CHN/1319 - National food safety standard of the P.R.C.: Food additive mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids" Amendment No. 1.
G/SPS/N/CHN/1320 - National food safety standard of the P.R.C.: Food additive maltitol and maltitol syrup Amendment No. 2.
G/SPS/N/CHN/1321 - National food safety standard of the P.R.C.: Maximum Levels of Contaminates in Foods (GB 2762-2022) Amendment No. 2.
G/SPS/N/CHN/1322 - National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Sterilized milk Amendment No. 1
G/SPS/N/EU/798/Corr.1 - Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards measures to prevent the presence of the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus on plants for planting of Solanum lycopersicum L. and hybrids thereof and of Capsicum annuum L, establishing the frequency rates of official controls, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU)2023/1032
G/SPS/N/KOR/810 - Proposed Revision of the "Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control"
G/SPS/N/CHL/792/Add.1 - Resolución Exenta No 6.567/2024: Establece condiciones sanitarias generales para la importación a Chile de productos pecuarios y animales vivos y deroga Resolución Exenta No 1.150 del 2000
G/SPS/N/EU/698/Add.1 - Maximum residue levels for fosetyl, potassium phosphonates and disodium phosphonate in or on certain products
G/SPS/N/GBR/71 - GBHC676 Aquaculture, ornamental and other purposes.
G/SPS/N/JPN/1305 - Ministerial Ordinance for Partial Revision of the Ministerial Ordinance on Compositional Standards, etc. for Feed and Feed Additives (Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries No. 52 of 3 October 2024).
G/SPS/N/BRA/2349 - Draft Resolution 1.287, 11 October 2024
G/SPS/N/EU/701/Add.1 - Maximum residue levels for 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene, difluoroacetic acid (DFA), fluopyram and flupyradifurone in or on certain products
G/SPS/N/EU/773/Add.1 - Use of sorbic acid (E 200) and potassium sorbate (E 202) and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the specifications for sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and propyl gallate (E 310)
G/SPS/N/BRA/2329/Corr.1 - Rectification in the Ordinance SDA/MAPA No. 1.177, dated 4 September 2024, which amends the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of corn seeds from the United States of America
G/SPS/N/GEO/32 - On the approval of "Rules for state control and other official activities in the fields of food/animal feed safety, veterinary and plant protection"
G/SPS/N/THA/583/Add.1/Corr.1 - The Ministry of Public Health Notification entitled "The Labelling of Pre-packaged foods"
G/SPS/N/BRA/2215/Add.2 - SDA/MAPA ORDINANCE No. 1.183, of 23 September 2024 - Amends SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.180, of 9 September 2024, which establishes the guidelines of the National Programme for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Programme for the application of official prevention and surveillance measures
G/SPS/N/BRA/2256/Add.2 - Ordinance SDA/MAPA No. 1.186, of 4 October 2024 - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of sunflower (Helianthus spp.) propagative material from any origin
G/SPS/N/BRA/2257/Add.1 - Ordinance SDA/MAPA No. 1.185, of 4 October 2024 - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the import of sunflower kernel seeds (Helianthus annuus) of any origin
G/SPS/N/BRA/2258/Add.1 - Ordinance SDA/MAPA No. 1.184, of 4 October 2024 - Establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of anigozanthos (Anigozanthos spp.) propagative material from any origin
G/SPS/N/BRA/2316/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1269, 16 July 2024
G/SPS/N/BRA/2335 - Draft Resolution 1286, 6 October 2024
G/SPS/N/BRA/2336 - Draft Resolution 1284, 27 September 2024.
G/SPS/N/BRA/2337 - Draft Resolution 1285, 27 September 2024
G/SPS/N/CAN/1562/Add.1 - Established Maximum Residue Limit: Dimethenamid
G/SPS/N/MYS/60 - Amendments to the Sixteenth Schedule (Regulation 41) of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985]. Pesticide Residue
G/SPS/N/CAN/1563/Add.1 - Established Maximum Residue Limits: Metsulfuron-methyl
G/SPS/N/CAN/1577 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Flupyradifurone (PMRL2024-22)
G/SPS/N/RUS/295 - Draft Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Quarantinable Products and Quarantinable Objects at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the EAEU
G/SPS/N/UKR/157/Rev.1/Add.1 - The draft Law of Ukraine "On Grapes and Viticulture Products"
G/SPS/N/USA/3478 - Sulfentrazone; Pesticide Tolerances - Proposed Rule
G/SPS/N/BRA/2308/Add.1 - Draft Resolution 1261, 7 June 2024
G/SPS/N/EGY/39/Add.9 - Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
G/SPS/N/EGY/65/Rev.1/Add.2 - Edible oils and fats. Oil seeds
G/SPS/N/EGY/92/Add.9 - Food products
G/SPS/N/EGY/147 - Ministerial Decree No. 447/2024
G/SPS/N/EGY/148 - Ministerial Decree No. 446/2024 mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 3018-1 for "caviar and other fish egg - part 1: sturgeon caviar".
G/SPS/N/EGY/149 - Ministerial Decree No. 446/2024 mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 3018-2 for "caviar and other fish eggs - part 2: roe/caviar substitutes"
G/SPS/N/EU/715/Add.1 - Maximum residue levels for napropamide, pyridaben and tebufenpyrad in or on certain products
G/SPS/N/EU/778/Add.1 - List of third countries or regions thereof authorised for the entry into the Union of certain animals and products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application of the prohibition on the use of certain antimicrobial medicinal products
G/SPS/N/EU/798 - Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards measures to prevent the presence of the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus on plants for planting of Solanum lycopersicum L. and hybrids thereof and of Capsicum annuum L, establishing the frequency rates of official controls, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU)2023/1032
G/SPS/N/GBR/30/Add.6 - United Kingdom Border Target Operating Model – Plants, plant products and other objects
G/SPS/N/UGA/378 - DUS DARS 2050:2024, Edible insects — Edible dried caterpillars — Specification, First edition.
G/SPS/N/UGA/379 - DUS DARS 1296:2024, Edible insects — Guideline on safety of foods based on edible insects, First edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/380 - DUS DARS 1294:2024, Edible insects — Good agricultural practice on cricket farming, First edition
G/SPS/N/UGA/381 - DUS DARS 1295:2024, Edible insects — Good hygiene practices for insect farming and processing — Code of practice, First edition.