Proposed Amendments of the "Notification on Transboundary Movements, etc. of Living Modified Organisms (hereinafter, "LMO")"

The proposed amendment seeks to;
1. clearly provide duties of Regional Office of Food and Drug Safety in fields auditing of companies which apply for LMO Import Approval (Article 8-10);
2. provide legal basis for establishing and operating advisory committees for Socio-economic Assessment of Living Modified Organisms for foods (Article 8-11); and
3. clarify specific standards of Establishment and Operation of Production Facilities Using LMO according to the safety management level (Article 8-13).