On October 24, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea, in order to effectively conduct the safety review of genetically modified foods, issued the implementation of the "2023 GM food safety Review data pre-review application Notice", hoping that enterprises that meet the relevant conditions to apply.

Application target: applicants who have no experience in applying for safety review (developers and agency companies), companies that intend to apply for research and development of new protein products, etc.

Content of pre-review: product feature information, whether the information required for each review project is compiled, whether the submitted information is appropriate, application materials and abstracts and other information writing and submission methods are introduced.

Application period: October 24, 2023 - November 1, 2023.

Consultation date: Expected on December 27, 2023.