On November 2, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea issued a partial revision of "import Livestock Products Declaration and Inspection Essentials". The main contents are as follows:

1. imported livestock products that are not subject to the inspection fee exemption for imported food and other inspection fees specified in Schedule 15 of the "imported Food Safety Management Special Act Implementation Rules" shall be charged a fee.

2. Uniformly stipulate the import declaration standards and inspection objects as "the same company and the same imported livestock product category" of the same B/L; The definition of "product name" is newly set, and if there are additional limits for residues of veterinary drugs, pesticides or pollutants in the Codex Alimentarius, inspections shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations.

3. Clearly specify inspection items and methods for precision inspection and random inspection.

4. Improve the precision inspection of livestock products and substandard livestock products returned to exporting countries.

5. In order to strengthen the safety management of the delivery and custody of inspection samples, only those who have made a declaration for the transportation of animal products can send inspection samples of animal products.

6. Disclosure of information related to the first precision inspection items, and information during meat inspections (country of production, varieties, overseas factories) when standard specifications are newly set or strengthened.

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