Korea - Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods

The proposed amendments seek to:

-         Establish the general testing method for four pesticides (Picarbutrazox, Benzovindiflupyr,                   Methoxyfenozide and Sulfoxaflor);

-         Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for 74 pesticides in agricultural products;

-         Revise the maximum residue limit for dithiocarbamates in ginseng; and

Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for two pesticides (Methoxyfenozide and Sulfoxaflor) in livestock products.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 13 February 2017

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures before 20 February 2016, so that these can be taken up suitably.