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

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

Jun 13, 2022

Kindergarten dining rooms are to be inspected in ROK

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

Jun 13, 2022

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

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

Jun 09, 2022

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

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

Jun 01, 2022

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

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

May 30, 2022

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

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

May 26, 2022

South Korea has released the results of an inspection of inappropriate Internet advertisements for food and other products

On May 24, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) published news: in order to prevent the occurrence of illegal acts such as inappropriate advertisement for food, MFDS cooperated with local self-government organizations launched online jo

May 25, 2022

South Korea has strengthened customs inspections of other aquatic products

In order to ensure the safety of other processed aquatic products (ready-to-eat frozen food without heating), South Korea will inspect the food from May 23 to July 22, 2022. The inspection items are four pathogenic bacteria and frozen food standards.Patho

May 24, 2022

South Korea issued a partial amendment to the Alimentary Codex, adding or revising residue limits for 67 pesticides including Dinocap

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea has issued Notice No. 2022-41 to amend part of the Alimentary Codex. The main contents are as follows:1. Add or modify the residue limit standards of 67 pesticides such as Dinocap.2. Add

May 23, 2022

South Korea issued a draft for comments on the revision of the Food and Other Resume Traceability Management Standards

On May 18, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of South Korea issued notice No. 2022-237, which intends to amend part of the Food and other resume traceability management Standards, the main contents are as follows:1. In order to collect the food

May 20, 2022