Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods

The proposed amendment seeks to:
Establish the specifications (non-detection) for five food poisoning viruses in water for food:
- Hepatitis A and B virus, Rotavirus, Enteric adenoviridae, Sapovirus;
Establish and revise the maximum limits for heavy metals (lead, cadmium) in agricultural products and fishery products:
- Lead: Apple, Mandarin, Berries (0.2→0.1); Perilla seed (0.3); Bellflower root, Deodeok root (0.2→0.1); Squid (1.0); Crustacean (1.0→0.5); Sea mustard (0.1);
- Cadmium: Bellflower root (0.2→0.1); Squid (1.5); Sea mustard (0.1);
Revise the application criteria of maximum residue limits for pesticides according to the entire adoption of positive list system;
Establish the maximum limit for histamine in Japanese amberjack, Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata
Add two newly indentified analogues of anti-impotence drug and five medicinal ingredients to the list of "Substances that shall be not detected in food":
- Analogues of anti-impotence drug: Isopropylnortadalafil, Descarbonsildenafil;
- Medicinal ingredients: Phenolphthaleine, Yohimbine, Icarine, Sennoside, Cascaroside;
Revise the definition and the manufacturing and processing standards for "Sesame seed oil' and ‘Perilla seed oil";
Delete endangered spices from the list of "Raw materials approved for use in foods":
- Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Porbeagle, Beaumaris shark, Porbeagle (Lamna nasus), Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus
Establish and revise the maximum residue limit for 110 pesticides (Iminoctadine, Norflurazon, Deltamethrin, etc.).