Foods

Proposed Amendments to Border Inspection Regulation for Foods.

The Republic of Korea is proposing to amend the "Border Inspection Regulation for Foods". The amendment includes the following:

1.    Exclusion of agricultural commodities which can be used either for food or for herbal medicine, from the list of commodities required for follow-up management during distribution;

2.    Import declaration is not required for food imported after display in promotion event;

3.    Adjustment on the kinds of pesticides for synchronized residue analysis of agricultural commodities, when those are imported for the first time; Adjustment of a list of commodities that the Minister of Food and Drug Safety has recognized as safe.