On January 28, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of South Korea announced that MFDS will start to implement a 5-Year Cycle of Precision Inspection on imported food and other foods on February 22 this year. In order to facilitate the understandin
Feb 07, 2022On January 27, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2022-7, revising some of the contents of the Codex Alimentarius , the main contents are as follows:1. Delete the tentative residue limit standards for 79 pesticides, inclu
Jan 28, 2022On January 19, 2022, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Circular No. 3701 to provide the public the Pesticide and Veterinary Drug Residues Information website (https://www.foodsafetykorea.go.kr/residue). The main contents of this we
Jan 25, 2022On December 31, 2021, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drugs Safety (MFDS) issued Announcement No. 2021-118 to partially revise the Inspection Regulations for Imported Aquatic Products The main contents of the revision are:(1) Adjust the inspection frequen
Jan 10, 2022On January 6, 2022, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against 4 Independent Cold Storages in South Korea, due to the positive nucleic acid test of SARS-Cov-2 in 3 samples of 2 batches of frozen Humpback and 1 sample
Jan 06, 2022On December 30, 2021, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued 2022 Food Safety Management Guidelines. The main contents are as follows: (1) Establish a foundation for food production enterprises. Acquisition of business license, establis
Jan 06, 2022On December 29, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) released the Guidelines for Food Export: China, United StatesThe main content of the guideline includes exporting country summary, import customs clearance process in exporting country, ex
Dec 29, 2021On December 17, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that from next year, MFDS will require importers of processed animal products* to submit the export health certificate agreed by the government of the exporting country and
Dec 21, 2021On December 8, South Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued announcement No. 2021-569, which intends to modify some contents of the relevant provisions on the inspection of imported aquatic products. The main contents are as follows:1. Set t
Dec 09, 2021On November 30, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea issued announcement No. 2021-572 to amend some contents of Codex Alimentarius, the main contents are as follows:1. Modify the refrigerated storage and circulation tempera
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