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Ene. 21, 2011Corea: modifican estándares y establecen especificaciones para Equipos, envases y embalajes para productos alimenticios
| World Trade Organization | |
| G/SPS/N/KOR/382 12 January 2011 | |
| (11-0207) | |
| 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: 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): Equipments, containers and packages for food products |
| 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: Proposed amendments of Standards and Specifications for Equipments, Containers and Packages Language: Korean Number of pages: 123 |
| 6. | Description of content:
The proposed regulation revises general standards and material specifications for equipments, containers and packages
(1) Material specifications for lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in 38 synthetic resins are moved to general standards.
(2) This draft regulation also establishes migration limits for:
· diphenylcarbonate in polycarbonate (PC) · hydroquinone in polyetheretherketone (PEEK) · 4,4′-methylenedianiline in polymer-coated metal (3) Migration limits of 43 food contact materials are amended from heavy metals to lead (Pb).
(4) Specifications of polymer coated paper are to follow migration limits of synthetic resins in contact with food (5) Migration limit for non volatile paper residue is removed. |
| 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: The Korea Food and Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2010-283 (28 December 2010) (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. [ ] Trade facilitating measure |
| 12. | Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 13 March 2011 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: International Trade & Statistics Office Korea Food & Drug Administration #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungbuk 363-951 Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr |
| 13. | Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e‑mail address (if available) of other body: Documents are available from the Korea Food and Drug Administration website (http://www.kfda.go.kr). Also available from: International Trade & Statistics Office Korea Food & Drug Administration #643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoe-myeon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungbuk 363-951 Korea Tel: +(82 43) 719 1554 Fax: +(82 43) 719 1550 E-mail: wtokfda@korea.kr |
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