KFDA Policy on Food Safety Control for Imported Foods 27 NOV, 2012 Food Import Division

Contents Government Agencies Responsible for imported food I Inspection procedures for imported food II Status of Food imported III Inspection Order IV Further Information V

KFDA (Korea Food & Drug Administration) I. Government Agencies Responsible for imported food KFDA (Korea Food & Drug Administration) Coverage : Agricultural produce, Processed food, Health functional food, Food additives, Utensil, containers and packaging Regulation : Food Sanitary Act, Health FunctionalFood Act 식약청과 농림수산식품부의 소관업무 분장 설명 MIFAFF (Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries) Coverage : Livestocks(beef, pig, poultry, etc.), Processed livestock products, Marine products Regulation : Livestock Sanitation Management Act, Food Sanitation Act (for marine products)

Location of KFDA and 6 regional KFDA I. Government Agencies Responsible for imported food Location of KFDA and 6 regional KFDA Gyeongin Regional KFDA Seoul Regional KFDA 4 Imported Food Inspection centers Daegu Regional KFDA 식약청 및 6개 지방청 지역 설명 KFDA Headquater (Osong) Busan Regional KFDA Daejeon Regional KFDA 4 Imported Food Inspection centers Gwanju Regional KFDA 2 Imported Food Inspection centers

II. Inspection procedures and methods for imported food 수입식품 절차의 간략 설명 Imports Storage at warehouse Import report to 6 Regional KFDA

Test Types and Durations II. Inspection procedures and methods for imported food Test Types and Durations Laboratory Testing Microorganism, Nutrition composition, Pesticides Residue, Veterinary drugs Residue, Mycotoxins, Benzopyrene, Food additives, Illegal drugs, and not permitted ingredings in Korea, etc. 수입검사 종류 및 소요시간 설명 Document review (2days) Sensory test (3days) Laboratory test (10days) Random sampling (5days) Confirm : Domestic distribution Reject : Return or discard

III. Status of Imported Foods in 2011 Category of food Utensils, Containers & packages Agricultural products Processed foods Food additives Total Health Function Foods 312,723 (100%) 42,416 (13.6%) 32,155 (10.3%) 63,051 (20.2%) 8,017 (2.6%) 167,084 (53.4%) 2011 수입현황 설명, 검사방법 별 처리 현황 Total 312,723 (100%) Document test 203,279 (65.0%) Laboratory 64,535 (20.6%) Sensory 29,020 (9.3%) Random sampling test 15,889 (5.1%) Inspection types

III. Status of Imported Foods in 2011 Status of Violations Type of violations Totals 1,014 Food additives 307 Specification/standards 282 Microorganisms 207 Foreign substances 76 Pesticides 44 Irradiation 25 Mycotoxins 24 Others 23 Benzo(a)pyrene 11 Ingredients 6 Veterinary drugs Prohibited medical compounds in Foods 3 수입단계 시 위반사항(부적합 현황)

III. Status of imported Organic foods • Main organic products - Banana, kiwi, blueberries, coffee, etc - Teas, beverages, cookies, processed fruit-vegetable product, etc Main import countries of organic products - United States, Germany, Italy, France, New zealand, China, Philippines, etc ** Extend the effective period for organic products, by 2013.12.31 - Addenda(Dec. 2009), ‘Foods Labeling Standards’ * 2012.12.31 → 2013.12.31(draft, in-progress) - ‘Environment-Friendly Agriculture Promotion Act.’ Requested by MIFAFF

IV. Inspection Order for Foods Relevant rules - Food sanitation act, Article 19-4(‘11.6.7) - Notification on ‘Guideline on inspection order for foods’(11.3.29) Aims & Subject - To prevent import hazardous food into Korea and to strengthen responsibility of importer - 1) Foods, etc. from which hazardous substances are detected at home and abroad ; 2) Foods, etc. with high unfitness rates as a result of inspection of foods 3) Foods, etc. over which concern that such foods, etc. might cause harm is or was raised at home and abroad - Shall submit the ‘certificate of laboratory testing’ conducted food sanitary inspection laboratory or certified foreign designed by KFDA commissioner when reporting import report Examples - Inspection order for pesticide residue red peppers(agricultural produce) - Inspection order for formaldehyde made of melamine untensils - Inspection order for benzo(a)pyrene of smoked dried fish ‘검사명령’ 제도 설명

- Imported Foods Information Site V. Further Information - Imported Foods Information Site http://www.foodnara.go.kr/importfood

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