SOUTH KOREA - The Ministry of Food Drug has issued supplementary regulations for the implementation of the country’s new Special Law on Safety Management of Imported Foods which became effective on 4 FEbruary 2016.
Korea’s new Special Law on Safety Management of Imported Foods entered into force on 4 February 2016, and on the same day, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Administration (MFDS) issued a set of Implementation Rules which further supplements provisions of the special Law.
The main focus of this set of requlations is on registration of overseas food manufacturers, measures on food import suspension and cancellation of suspension, recognition criteria for overseas food sanitation assessment agencies, food importers and distributor sanitation education, categories of food products that are subject to distribution and traceability management.
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