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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/KOR/105
8 November 2001
(01-5528)
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Veterinary Drugs  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:           
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Advance Notice Concerning the
Proposed Amendment of the Standards and Specifications for Food (93 pages)
5. Description of content:  Establishment and amendment of the provisional Maximum
Residue Limits of veterinary drugs in cattle, swine, chicken, turkey, duck, sheep, goat,
venison, rabbit, horse, milk, milk products, eggs for the following veterinary drugs:
- gentamycin, neomycin, dihydrostrep tomycin/streptomycin, spiramycin,
oxytetracycline, benzylpenicillin/procainebenzylpencicillin, ceftiofur,spectinomycin, tilmicosin, nicarbazin, sulfamethazine, albendazole,
isomethamidium, thiabendazole, carbadox, flubendazole, doramectin, diminazene,
diclazuril, levamisole, moxidectin, ivermectin, triclabendazole, closantel,
febantel/fenbendazole/oxfendazole, fluazuron
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex Standards for Veterinary Drug Residues
in Food
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Korea Food and
Drug Administration Advance Notice No. 2001-92 (available in Korean)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determinedG/SPS/N/KOR/105
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11. Final date for comments:           
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:  Korea Food and Drug Administration
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
International Trade and Information Office
 Korea Food and Drug Administration
5 Nokbun-Dong, Eunpyung-Ku
Seoul, 122-704, Republic of Korea
Tel:  82-2-380-1647
Fax:  82-2-356-2893