• SouthKorea
• Impose
• Current
• Restrictions
• Imports
• Japanese
• Food

On August 23, the Ministry of Food and Drug of South Korea announced that South Korea will continue to adopt the current restrictions on imports of Japanese food.

• SouthKorea
• MFDS
• Issue
• Guideline
• Submission
• Provisional
• Standards
• Food
• Raw
• Materials

On August 18, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued the Guidelines for submitting materials for the Provisional Standard for Food Raw Materials, which will be implemented from the date of release.

• SouthKorea
• Lift
• Import
• Orders
• Moringa
• Powder
• Product
• China

On August 18, the Ministry of Food and Drug of Korea (MFDS) issued a notice to lift the import order inspection of moringa powder products made in China, India, and Sri Lanka (containing more than 50% moringa powder products), and the result of the inspec

• SouthKorea
• Coffee
• Imports
• Decrease

- South Korea Customs Service (Customs) released a trade statistics show that from January to July this year, South Korea's coffee imports decreased by 3.9%, to 109,752 tons, coffee imports decreased by 9.5%, to 646.73 million US dollars.

• SouthKorea
• Recall
• Kimchi
• Dumplings
• Gs
• Contaminated
• Foreign
• Substances

On August 17, according to Korean media reports, GS25 and GS fresh shopping malls (online shopping malls) have decided to stop selling kimchi dumplings with foreign substances and recall all products.

• SouthKorea
• Revise
• Aquatic
• Product
• Inspection
• Regulations

On August 14, 2023, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea issued Notice No. 2023-85, proposing to amend the Regulations on Inspection of Aquatic Products.

• SouthKorea
• MFDS
• Issue
• Notice
• Tighten
• Inspection
• Chinese
• Peanut
• Butter

On August 10, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug of Korea (MFDS) issued a notice of enhanced tert-butylhydroone (TBHO) inspection on peanut butter and stevia produced in China.

• SouthKorea
• MFDS
• Revise
• Imported
• Food
• Safety
• Regulations

On August 10, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug of Korea (MFDS) issued a notice to revise the import food safety management regulations, which will be implemented from February 9, 2024.

• SouthKorea
• Modify
• Specifications
• Functional
• Raw
• Materials
• Coenzyme
• Q10

On April 13, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2023-370, which proposes to amend part of the Codex of Healthy Functional Foods.

• SouthKorea
• Issue
• Branded
• Imported
• Food
• Health
• Inspection
• Standards

On July 21, South Korea issued Announcement No. 2023-367, which intends to revise part of the Local Health Inspection Standards and Health Evaluation Methods for Branded Imported Food, etc.