• SouthKorea
• import
• inspection
• directive
• Halloween
• candy
• chocolate

On October 4, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued an import inspection directive for Halloween candy and chocolate.Inspection objects: candy and chocolate Inspection items: candy (prohibited tar coloring, total plate count(only seale

• SouthKorea
• partial
• revision
• Enforcement
• Order
• Labeling
• Advertising
• Food

On October 7, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of the Republic of Korea issued Notice No. 2022-440, which intends to amend part of the Enforcement Order of the Law on Labeling and Advertising of Food, etc. The main contents are as follows:The emphasis

• Korea
• listed
• probiotic
• products
• subject
• import
• inspection

On September 30, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) designated probiotic products produced by five manufacturers in the United States, Denmark and Canada as the subject of import order inspection in order to raise the awareness of food saf

• SouthKorea
• partial
• revision
• Codex
• Healthy
• Functional
• Foods
• raw
• materials
• protein

On September 15, theSouthKorean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2022-69 to revise part of the Codex for Functional Health Foods. The main contents are as follows:1. Expandedthe scope of protein raw materials to include all food r

• SouthKorea
• MOE
• set
• standards
• safety
• f
• hazardous
• substances
• PET
• bottle

On September 15, according to the Korean media, South Korea urged the Ministry of Environment to come up with countermeasures as drinking water plastic bottles may produce harmful substances after long-term exposure to high summer temperatures and direct

• SouthKorea
• draft
• partial
• revision
• Import
• Ban
• Areas
• Designated
• Quarantine
• Objects

On September 7, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea (ROK) issued Notice No. 2022-352, which proposes to amend part of the Import Ban Areas for Designated Quarantine Objects. The main contents are as follows:1. Impo

• South
• Korea
• issued
• a
• partial
• revision
• list
• of
• Labeling
• Standards
• for
• Food,
• Etc.,
• to
• set
• new
• labeling

On September 6, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2022-66 to revise part of the Labeling Standards for Food, Etc. The main contents are as follows:1. Specifiedthe exemption conditions of the outer wrapping paper la

• The
• Republic
• of
• Korea
• issued
• guidelines
• for
• the
• safety
• management
• of
• imported
• food

On August 22, 2022, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (MFDS) released the guidelines for the safety management of imported food hygiene indicators, aiming to improve the management of microorganisms in imported foods. The main contents are: (1

• SouthKorea
• restrict
• use
• disposable
• paper
• cups
• plastic
• straws
• stir
• sticks
• restaurants

South Korea will restrict the use of disposable paper cups, disposable plastic straws and stirring sticks by catering companies and collective restaurants from November 24, according to South Korean media on August 22.The Ministry of Environment (MOE) pla

• South
• Korea
• is
• seeking
• public
• opinions
• on
• the
• safety
• review
• results
• of
• two
• food
• additives,
• including

On August 17, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that MFDS is seeking public comments on The safety review results of Promozyme D2 and Lipozyme RM made in accordance with the Korean Food Hygiene Law Article 18 of the Genetically