SPS - Sanitary or phytosanitary measure - Any measure applied:
To protect animal or plant life or health within the territory of the Member from risks arising from the entry, establishment or spread of pests, diseases, disease-carrying organisms or disease-causing organisms, risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in foods, beverages or feedstuffs, risks arising from diseases carried by animals, plants or products thereof, or from the entry, establishment or spread of pests and to prevent or limit other damage within the territory of the Member from the entry, establishment or spread of pests.
| S.No. | Date | Notifying Member | Region Country | Product Covered | Brief | Notification | Final Date of Comment |
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| 1 | 12 Jun 2026 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | Seeds for sowing and pollen for pollination (when imported by hand-carried baggage, mail, courier service, or household goods) | The Republic of Korea has amended its phytosanitary regulation concerning the importation of seeds for sowing and pollen for pollination. Effective 5 September 2026, all imports of seed for sowing and pollen for pollination must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of the exporting country, regardless of the means of transport or quantity. This phytosanitary measure has been introduced to address the risk associated with the detection of unauthorized living modified organisms (LMOs) and quarantine pests in imported seeds. | G/SPS/N/KOR/847 | 11 Aug 2026 |
| 2 | 10 Jun 2026 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | 040900 - Natural honey | (1) Added honey and bee pollen as feed for bees to the scope of items subject to animal quarantine;(2) Newly established import requirement, quarantine methods and standards for honey and bee pollen as feed for bees.Key details:Honey and bee pollen as feed for bees must comply with the import requirements and be accompanied by an official veterinary quarantine certificate issued by the Veterinary Authority of the exporting country.(Irradiated honey and bee pollen) Honey and bee pollen as feed for bees must be irradiated at an absorbed dose of 15kGy at an irradiation treatment facility. (Irradiation treatment was conducted using Gamma rays emitted form Cobalt-60 (60Co) or Electron beam accelerator not exceeding 10Mev) The irradiation treatment facility must be approved and registered by the exporting country''s government and must have been notified to the Korean quarantine authorities prior to export.(Non-irradiated honey and bee pollen) Apiaries and facilities producing honey and bee pollen must meet the following disease-free requirements for honeybee.* Parasitic mites (Acarapis spp., Varroa spp., Tropilaelaps spp. etc); within a 50km radius for at least 2 years prior to the commencement of export quarantine.* American foulbrood, European foulbrood, Nosemosis, Chalkbrood disease, Sacbrood, Bee paralysis; within a 10km radius for at least 2 years prior to the commencement of export quarantine.Please refer to the attached document for further details. | G/SPS/N/KOR/846 | 09 Aug 2026 |
| 3 | 21 Apr 2026 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | Foods | This amendment is intended to enhance the safety management of imported foods with potential risk by improving the current system, under which the number of laboratory inspections is uniformly applied to re-imported foods with a history of non compliance, to allow the inspections to be applied differentially depending on the level of risk, up to a maximum of 20 times. It also aims to improve and supplement shortcoming identified in the operation of the current system, including the reasonable adjustment of the frequency of sanitation training that food import business operators are required to provide to their employees. | G/SPS/N/KOR/845 | 20 Jun 2026 |
| 4 | 29 Jul 2025 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | Food products | The proposed amendment seeks to:Establish standards for prepared foods and other relevant provisions at food service establishments (including meal service facilities);Revise the preservation and distribution standards;Establish and revise maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides in food (114 pesticides including Metamitron);Revise maximum residue limits (MRLs) for veterinary drugs in food (six veterinary drugs including Zilpaterol); Establish and revise general test methods. | G/SPS/N/KOR/827 | 27 Sep 2025 |
| 5 | 16 Jul 2025 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | Foods | The main proposed amendment seeks to:A. Improve “Same company Same Imported Food” criteria for imported fishery products;B. Adjust the number of pesticides that are test items for the laboratory inspections conducted on the newly imported agricultural products for test items of random sampling inspection (as all items of pesticides multi-component test method);C. Exclude substances that are not designated as food additives in Korea but are used in foreign countries from hazardous substances;D. Adjust the list of food products, agricultural products, that the Minister of Food and Drug Safety recognises as safe by reflecting the non-compliance records;E. Classify specific action criteria for nonconforming livestock products according to the hazard of the detection material. | G/SPS/N/KOR/824 | 22 Jul 2025 |
| 6 | 19 Mar 2025 | Korea, South | All Trading Partner | Plants or plant products imported into Korea | Fruit fly; Pests; Plant health; Plant health; Fruit fly; Pests | G/SPS/N/KOR/212/Add.22 | N/A |
| 7 | 23 Jan 2025 | Korea, South | All trading Partner | Raw hides and skins derived from cloven-hoofed animals | Animal health; Animal diseases | G/SPS/N/KOR/818 | N/A |
| 8 | 07 Jan 2025 | Korea, South | All trading Partner | Food products | Human health; Food safety; Maximum residue limits (MRLs) | G/SPS/N/KOR/816 | N/A |
| Source: wto.org Note:-For Earlier SPS/TBT Notifications May Kindly Refer to eping |
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