South Korea proposes amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety proposed amendment seeks to:

1.    Establish standards and specifications of foods for infants/young children, revise the name of food type "Other Foods for Infants/Young Children" and integrate "Cereal formulas for Infants/Young Children" into "Weaning foods for infants/Young Children";

2.    Establish the concept and definition of "Senior-Friendly Foods";

3.    Clarify and simply the standards and specifications of foodborne pathogens;

4.    Revise the standard of heavy metal (Arsenic) in Krill oil;

5.    Revise the standards of total heavy metals in foods;

6.    Add two newly identified substances in the list of illegal compounds and establish their test methods - Dithiopropylcarbodenafil, Chlorosipentramine;

7.    Modify and clarify some ingredients in [Annex 1],  [Annex 2] and [Annex 3];

8.    Modify General Test Methods according to the revisions in standards and specifications;

9.    Modify to reflect the revisions in Standards and Specifications of Food Additives and correct the errors in test methods, etc.

Products covered: Food products

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 25 September 2018

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