Proposed Amendment to the Standards and Specifications for Foods
Regular notification
2018-04-12
G/SPS/N/KOR/595
Description
The proposed amendment seeks to:
1. Newly list allulose as a food ingredient;
2. Revise the maximum residual limits for pesticides and veterinary drugs:
- Establish MRLs for 22 insecticides (Methamidophos, etc.) for chicken meat and eggs;
3. Revise General Test Methods:
- Expand veterinary drugs subjected to simultaneous test method;
- Establish test methods for insecticides for chicken meat and eggs;
- Establish simultaneous test method for mycotoxins in foods; and
- Establish test method for additionally approved genetically modified foods.
Keywords
Mycotoxins;
Genetically
modified
organisms
(GMOs);
Veterinary
drugs;
Toxins;
Maximum
residue
limits
(MRLs);
Contaminants;
Food
safety;
Human
health;
Pesticides