Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods
Regular notification
2021-04-06
G/SPS/N/KOR/713
Description
1. Revise the General Provisions;
2. Revise the Common Standards and Specifications for General Foods;
3. Revise standards and specifications for long shelf-life foods;
4. Revise standards and specifications for each food products;
5. Revise the 'Ingredients Approved for Use in Food' list by newly adding 29 ingredients including 'Oenothear biennis L.';
6. Revise and establish the maximum residual limits of pesticides in agricultural products [112 pesticides including Glufocinate];
7. Revise the General Test Methods;
8. Revise the relevant supplementary provisions to apply the newly established "Foods containing milk or milk products" in advance.
Keywords
Food
safety;
Maximum
residue
limits
(MRLs);
Human
health;
Pesticides