Foodmate News: On August 18, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that: With the prolonged period of the COVID-19, for the smooth supply of imported food ingredients in Korea, MFDS requires the import of imported foods. The supplier implements the "Conditional import inspection system."

Conditional import inspection system: Before the inspection results of imported foods such as fresh foods are released, the circulation and sales are prohibited, and after the import declaration confirmation certificate is issued, they are allowed to be stored in the storage warehouse declared by the operator.

Previously, MFDS excluded all products with non-conformity history within 2 years, regardless of the country of import, from the subject of conditional import inspections. In the future, only products from the same country and the same product with non-conformity history will be excluded from the subject of conditional import inspections.

Companies that apply for conditional import inspections will transfer their products from the storage warehouse to the enterprise's declared storage warehouse before the import inspection results come out. If the import inspection is qualified, they can immediately produce and sell.

In addition, the "Implementation Rules of the Special import Food Safety Management Law" related to the above content will be revised before the end of this year.

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