On September 20, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea issued Announcement No. 2024-432, which proposes to revise part of the Low Salt and Low Sugar Labeling Standard, with the following main contents:

Increase of applicable objects: add dry noodles, boxed lunch, burgers, sandwiches, and pizzas to the list of products to which the Low Salt Labeling Standard can be applied, and add castella cake, cakes, muffins, pies, ice cream, ice milk, frozen fruit juice lotion, sherbet, coffee [liquid coffee (products containing dairy products only)], and lactic acid bacterial beverages to the list of products to which the Low Sugar Labeling Standard can be applied.

The above comment period is open until October 10, 2024.