Recommended Specification for Acrylamide in Food

Commodity/Product and Recommended Specification for Acrylamide:
The recommended specification for processed cereal products and ready-to-eat foods have been revised to apply only to roasted, baked, or fried.
Operating period: From 1 February 2025
Action for Exceeding Recommended Specification
1. Encourage manufacturers, processors and importers of products exceeding the recommended specification to comply with and improve the recommended specification (notify inspection results to manufacturers, processors, or importers, refrain from importing the products, etc.)
2. Disclosure of information** when improvement measures are not implemented* for products exceeding the recommended Specification
* (Distribution food) Determined after six month in collection and inspection of same product / (Imported food) Exceeded recommended Specification twice or more.
** Food Safety Korea website (MFDS)> Professional information> Products exceeding the recommended Specification.Acts and subordinate statutes for Recommended SpecificationArticle 7-2 of the Food Sanitation Act (Illustrations of Recommended Specification, etc.)