Foodmate News: On August 25, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of South Korea issued Announcement No. 2020-367, which intends to amend part of the " Registration and Management Standards for Excellent import Companies and Overseas Excellent Manufacturers ". The main contents are as follows:

1. Relaxation of the on-site inspection system for excellent importing companies and excellent overseas manufacturing companies when registering or changing registration: newly set up excellent importing companies and excellent overseas manufacturing companies to be exempted from submitting attachments, and on-site inspections can be exempted if there are on-site inspection results within 1 year of renewal Terms.

2. Newly set a clause for postponement of sanitary inspections when companies have not produced imported foods for more than one year.

3. In the compliance matters of excellent importing companies and excellent overseas manufacturing companies, newly formulated regulations on the extension of the scope of health inspection agencies and the postponement of on-site inspections in accordance with the "Travel alert System Operation Guide" when health care, terrorist incidents, disasters, etc. occur.

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