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Korea will exempt import surtax of raw coffee beans

Jun 28, 2022

On June 24, Korean media reported: The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Rural Affairs held an explanation session on the exemption system of raw coffee beans (raw beans) from import surtax for the coffee industry.Currently, coffee

Determination of ethyl acetate in coffee developed in South Korea

Jun 21, 2022

On June15, 2022, the South Korean Food and Drug Administration (MFDS) released the detection method for ethyl acetate in coffee. The main contents include the scope of application, detection principle, detection equipment, reagent preparation and specific

The ROK revised the Special Law on the Safety Management of Imported Food and the Food Safety Basic Law

Jun 21, 2022

South Korean National Legal Information Center, June 10, 2022 news, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) issued decrees No. 18965, 18966, amending the Special Law on The Safety Management of Imported Food and the Food Safety Basic Law. Among them, t

South Korea issued a partial revision of the Resume Traceability Management Standards for Food and Other Products stipulating clearly the products in-put/out-put of storage time

Jun 17, 2022

On June 15, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of Korea issued notice No. 2022-43 to revise part of the Food and Other resume Traceability Management Standards. The main contents are as follows:1. In order to contact the food resume tracking mana

South Korea has issued a partial revision to its Food Hygiene Law

Jun 13, 2022

On June 10, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of South Korea issued a partial amendment to the Food Hygiene Law. The main contents are as follows:1. Specify the purpose of legislation. 2. Follow up the following measures on Alimentary Codex reas

Kindergarten dining rooms are to be inspected in ROK

Jun 13, 2022

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced on June 10 that it will conduct food poisoning prevention inspections on 7,200 kindergarten dining rooms from June 13 to July 15 in cooperation with local governments in order to prevent food poisoning

South Korea issued partial amendment to the Food Labeling and Advertising Law Enforcement Order

Jun 09, 2022

On June 7, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued a partial amendment to the Food Labeling and Advertising Law Enforcement Order. The main contents are as follows:Use the consumption period, which means the period that the product is edible, t

ROK government conducted multi-department joint sampling inspections to strengthen safety management of aquatic products in summer

Jun 01, 2022

On May 31, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that MFDS will join forces with Marine and Fishery products and 17 local governments to conduct sampling inspection of mass-consumption aquatic products in summer.The sampling period is from

South Korea to consult on strengthening rules for the use of K-BPR labels

May 30, 2022

South Korea's Ministry of Environment is consulting on plans to strengthen rules on the use of labeling and advertising wording for chemical products in the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (K-BPR), Chemical Watch reported On 12 May

South Korea is studying and developing countermeasures of food raw materials supply against the current international situation

May 26, 2022

According to the MFDS website on May 20, 2022, the MFDS held a meeting with the Food Industry Association and some food manufacturers to analyze the supply and demand situation of food raw materials, and proposed measures supporting rapid customs clearanc