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Codex Alimentarius Codex Contaminants Standard → Korea Food Contaminant Limits → Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

식품의약품안전처 (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)

CSuggestive similarity
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.

Suggestive similarity
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.823

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.823); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…show
  • •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Timeline of the echo

30 year lag

From date field: 1995 Codex CXS 193-1995 adopted → 2025 last revised → Korea Food Sanitation Act ongoing alignment · 1995–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Csuggestive similarity · 60%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: maximum levels for contaminants ↔ 오염물질 최대허용기준; mycotoxins in food ↔ 식품 중 곰팡이독소; heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic) ↔ 중금속 (납, 수은, 비소)

Cross-lingual similarity 58/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: Codex Contaminants Standard → Korea Food Contaminant Limits | maximum levels for contaminants → 오염물질 최대허용기준

Caveat: semantic similarity only — this tier records a hypothesis, not proof of causal influence.

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
maximum levels for contaminants
↓
오염물질 최대허용기준
mycotoxins in food
↓
식품 중 곰팡이독소
heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic)
↓
중금속 (납, 수은, 비소)

Agenda Arc

Curated

Global purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.

Global purpose

Carry Codex rules into domestic effect: align Korea Food Contaminant Limits under Codex Contaminants Standard.

Korean purpose

「식품위생법」 제7조(식품의 기준 및 규격) 및 「식품의 기준 및 규격」(식약처 고시)에 따라 한국은 Codex 오염물질 기준에 정합하는 자체 오염물질 기준을 설정·운영 중이다. 중금속(납, 카드뮴, 비소, 수은), 곰팡이독소(아플라톡신, 오크라톡신 A), 방사능(세슘) 등에 대한 개별 기준이 Codex ML을 반영하여 설정되어 있다.

국가법령정보센터 — 식품위생법 — 「식품위생법」 제7조(식품의 기준 및 규격) 및 「식품의 기준 및 규격」(식약처 고시)에 따라 한국은 Codex 오염물질 기준에 정합하는 자체 오염물질 기준을 설정·운영 중이다. 중금속(납, 카드뮴, 비소, 수은), 곰팡이독소(아플라톡신, 오크라톡신 A), 방사능(세슘) 등에 대한 개별 기준이 Codex ML을 반영하여 설정되어 있다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: Codex Contaminants Standard → Korea Food Contaminant Limits | maximum levels for contaminants → 오염물질 최대허용기준. Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO)

Started how

1995 Codex CXS 193-1995 adopted → 2025 last revised → Korea Food Sanitation Act ongoing alignment

  1. Soft lawGlobal1995Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO)
    Codex CXS 193-1995 adopted

    1995 Codex CXS 193-1995 adopted

    Primary source
  2. StageGlobal2025Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO)
    last revised

    2025 last revised

  3. LegislationKorea식품의약품안전처 (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety)
    Korea Food Sanitation Act ongoing alignment

    Korea Food Sanitation Act ongoing alignment

    Primary source
Original (Global)

Codex CXS 193-1995 (General Standard for Contaminants① and Toxins in Food and Feed), last revised 2025, establishes maximum levels (MLs) for contaminants including mycotoxins②, heavy metals (arsenic, lead, mercury③), and radionuclides. The Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) maintains 17 MLs to ensure food safety.

Echo (Korea)

「식품위생법」 제7조(식품의 기준 및 규격) 및 「식품의 기준 및 규격」(식약처 고시)에 따라 한국은 Codex 오염물질 기준에 정합하는 자체 오염물질 기준을 설정·운영 중이다. 중금속③(납, 카드뮴, 비소, 수은), 곰팡이독소②(아플라톡신, 오크라톡신 A), 방사능(세슘) 등에 대한 개별 기준이 Codex ML을 반영하여 설정되어 있다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
Codex Alimentarius (FAO/WHO)
Timeline

1995–2025

Codex Contaminants Standard → Korea Food Contaminant Limits | maximum levels for contaminants → 오염물질 최대허용기준

Sources

Related Patterns

Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

Keywords
오염물질중금속곰팡이독소아플라톡신식품안전Codex최대허용기준납카드뮴비소수은방사능식품위생법식약처기준규격
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial A–D tier from semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #codex-contaminants-1