Proposed Draft of the Regulation on Inspection Orders for Imported Food, etc.

Regular notification 2019-08-13
G/SPS/N/KOR/654

Description

The proposed draft is designed to clarity the details of Article22 (Orders to Undergo Inspection) of the "Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control" and to ease concerns of unfavourable treatment applied to imported foods without a separate regulation.
The proposed draft provides specification of the scope of imported food, etc. subject to inspection orders prescribes procedures for designation and removal of inspection order and describes detailed procedures that importers are required to follow.

Keywords

Certification, control and inspection; Human health; Food additives; Food safety; Packaging