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South KoreaProposed measure, open for comments

Food additives, food contact materials, packaging

Official title

Proposed amendments to Standards for Recognition of Temporary Standard and Specifications for Foods

South Korea notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 6 November 2026. Comments are open until 5 January 2027.

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At a glance

Products

Food ingredients, Food additives, Food utensils, containers and packages

Notifying member
South Korea(Korea, Republic of)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/KOR/855
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 5 January 2027
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 5 January 2027, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/KOR/855 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to South Korea.

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What the notification says

The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the 'Standards for Recognition of Temporary Standard and Specifications for Foods'. The regulations on applying for temporary standards and specifications of new food ingredients, food additives, etc. have been improved as following; 1) Revisions regarding fees for applications to approve or modify temporary standards and specifications for food products (under the Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act) will be reflected in relevant forms, such as the approval application. 2) The scope of permissible modifications will be expanded, and a new processing timeframe will be established for food ingredients, allowing for changes to the target food products, usage amounts, manufacturing methods, and manufacturers, provided such as changes do not compromise safety.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from South Korea

  1. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Draft Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Rule of the Industrial Standardizatoin Act

    New tailored certification audit types (D, E, and G types) and procedures are newly introduced, and specific audit criteria for each type are established to accommodate various industrial environments, such as entities without manufacturing facilities (Article 13, Annex 7-2, Annex 8, and Annex 9).

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    Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1387Comments until 3 January 2027

  2. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Partial Amendment Notice (Draft) of Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Advance Notice No. 2026-513, 23 October 2026)

    The proposed amendments seek to: A. Strengthening common manufacturing standards for functional ingredients (Draft Articles 2.1.3 and 2.2.3) - Establish specifications for the use of mixed functional ingredients and other ingredients to prevent misuse and side effects and ensure safe intake by…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/854Comments until 3 January 2027

  3. WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for comments

    Partial Amendment Notice (Draft) of Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Advance Notice No. 2026-512, 23 October 2026)

    The proposed amendments seek to: A. Reorganization of the structural framework of the Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Draft Articles I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.6, and [Annex 4]) The provisions for 'Collection and Handling of Test Samples' were…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/853Comments until 3 January 2027

  4. WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for comments

    Proposed amendment to the 'Regulation on Safety Assessment for Genetically Modified Food Products' (MFDS notification No. 2023-43, 14 June 2023)

    The proposed amendment is to: The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) would like to revise the Regulation on Safety Assessment for Genetically Modified Food Products. The main points of the amendments are as follows: - Replacement of English terms with Korean terms (with English in…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1385Comments until 1 January 2027

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