On May 3, South Korea Ministry of  Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced that in order to make often safety management upon health functional food used as a gift, on April 11 ~ April 22, 101 health functional food production enterprises went through an inspection over the country. Results show that 1 enterprise violated the laws related to healthy functional food.  

The standards and specifications of 60 items of red ginseng, probiotics, and complex nutrients produced in Korea and 100 items of imported healthy functional food, which are often distributed and sold as gifts in the market, have been checked.  The results showed that three imported products did not meet the disintegration standards.  

A total of 377 processed foods, including probiotics, complex nutrients and biscuits, substitute tea and honey in the stage of customs clearance, were inspected and found to be qualified.