Food products

Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods. Language(s): Korean. Number of pages: 98

The proposed amendments seek to:

1.    Revise the Preservation and Distribution Standards;

2.    Establish standards and specifications of "Nutritional formulas for the elderly";

3.    Establish the manufacturing standards of "Food for special medical purposes for cancer patients";

4.    Limit and remove the use of food ingredients in [Annex 1] and [Annex 2];

5.    Revise the limit of mycotoxin(fumonisin) in maize;

6.    Revise the specification of frozen foods for consumption after heating;

7.    Revise the specifications of foodborne pathogens in Ready-to-eat/Convenience foods;

8.    Revise and clarify some food ingredients in [Annex 1], [Annex 2] and [Annex 3];

9.    Establish the maximum residual limits in veterinary drugs [Ketoprofen];

10.  Revise and establish the maximum residual limits in livestock and fishery products [Spinosad and five residual substances including Cyhalothrin]; 

11.  Revise other provisions such as General Test Methods.