On July 3, 2024, the Republic of Korea issued a revised document on the "Implementation Regulations of the Food Hygiene Law" (Prime Minister's Order No. 1969). The main revisions are:

(1) When register business, the provision "it is required to provide the type and manufacturing method manual of food or food additives to be manufactured and processed", now is amended to "provide the type of food or food additives to be manufactured and processed";

(2) If the applicant for a business license is a foreigner, the applicant may be required to submit a document issued by the government or other authorized body of the country concerned or an affidavit notarized by a notary public recognized by the Consulate of the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Korea in that country under the "Notarization Act", as amended: The applicant may be required to submit a document issued by the government or other competent authority of that country or an affidavit notarized by a notary public, including a document verified by the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in that country in accordance with the "Notarization of Overseas Diplomatic Missions Act" or, if a country has signed a convention abolishing the certification requirements for foreign official documents, a document issued by the authority authorized by the country concerned to issue the Hague Certification certificate;

(3) Enterprises that have implemented food safety management certification standards, if the inspection and evaluation results according to Article 66 (1) of the relevant food safety management certification standards exceed 95% of the full mark, they are exempted from the obligation of food safety management certification standards, and are now revised to: more than 90% of the full mark, they are exempted from the obligation of self-quality inspection;

(4) If a person who is engaged in food hygiene education is closed for the whole year as a result of a closure notice issued under Section 8 (8) of the "Value-added Tax Act", that person shall not receive food hygiene education for that year, as amended if the operator of a shared kitchen who is engaged in food hygiene training meets the qualification criteria and performs the relevant duties of the person in charge of health management under section 41 (1) of the Act, It shall be deemed to have received the food hygiene training that the responsible person in charge of health management should receive.