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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. 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
- Addenda(Dec. 2009), ‘Foods Labeling Standards’
* → (draft, in-progress)
- ‘Environment-Friendly Agriculture Promotion Act.’
Requested by MIFAFF

10. IV. Inspection Order for Foods
Relevant rules
- Food sanitation act, Article 19-4(‘11.6.7)
- Notification on ‘Guideline on inspection order for foods’( )
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

11. - Imported Foods Information Site
V. Further Information
- Imported Foods Information Site

12. at http://www.kfda.go.kr
V. Further Information at
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13. Food Import Division