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The "Enforcement Rules of the Act on Labelling and Advertisement of Food Products, etc." is newly established (83 page(s), in Korean)

The Enforcement Rules of the Act on Labeling and Advertisement of Food Products, etc. is newly established following the enactment of the Act on Labeling and Advertisement of Food Products, etc. (Act. No. 15483, 13 March 2018), which integrates regulations related to the labeling and advertisement of food products, etc., found in 3 different Acts: the Food Sanitation Act, Functional Health Foods Act, and Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act.

The regulations that were found in relevant notifications were integrated into the single Act and the newly strengthened requirements for labeling methods are as follows:

According to Annex 3, the required width of a letter from left to right shall be greater than 90% by the length of the letter from up to down. The required space between letters shall be over -5%. However, if the area of information panel is less than 100cm2, the required width of a letter from left to right shall be greater than 50% by the length of the letter from up to down. The required space between letters shall be over -5%.