kfda policy on_food_safety_control_for_imported_foods
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KFDA policy on food safety control
for imported foods
28 OCT, 2011
수입식품과
Current Status for Food imported
Government Agencies Responsible for imported food
Testing procedures and methods for imported food
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Amendment of Food Sanitation Act.
KFDA (Korea Food & Drug Administration)
MIFAFF (Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries)
• Coverage : Agricultural products, processed food, health functional food,
food additives, utensil, containers and packaging.
• Regulation : Food Sanitary Act, Health Functional Food Act
• Coverage : Livestocks(beef, pig, poultry, etc.), Processed livestock
products(99 items), Marine products
• Regulation : Livestock Sanitation Management Act,
Food Sanitation Act (for marine products)
1. Government Agencies Responsible for imported food
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Imports Storage at warehouse
Import report
2. Testing procedures and methods for imported food
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Laboratory Testing
Document review (2days)
Sensory test
(3days)
Laboratory test
(10days)
Random sampling
test (5days)
Confirm ⇒ Domestic Distribution
Reject ⇒ Return or Discard
Test Types and Durations
2. Testing procedures and methods for imported food
Microorganism, nutrition composition, pesticides, mycotoxins, benzopyrene, food additives, veterinary drugs, illegal drugs, and not permitted in Korea, etc.
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Seoul Regional KFDA
3 test bodies
4 Test bodies
KFDA (Osong)
Location of KFDA and 6 regional KFDA
2. Testing procedure and methods for imported foods
Daegu Regional KFDA
Busan Regional KFDA
Gyeongin Regional KFDA
Daejeon Regional KFDA
Gwanju Regional KFDA
2 Test sub-bodies
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2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total Case
Total Weight(ton)
Total Amount(thousand $)
< Total>
3. Status of imported foods
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In 2010, foods are imported from 129 countries
Status of Inspection types
Status of Foods (compared to 2009, in %)
39,413 (19.0↑)
Agricultural products
Processed foods
Food additives
Utensils, Containers &
packages
Health Function Foods
157,570 (12.7↑)
33,503 (7.7↑)
56,947 (28.6↑)
6,555 (7.2↓)
3. Status of Imported Foods in 2010
In Year 2010, Cases 15.1%, Weight 14.2%, Amount 22.8% were increased in contrast to 2009 , whereas Laboratory test(including Random sampling test) was decreased by roughly 2%
’09년 8월
Total
293,988 (100%)
Document test
183,109 (62.3%)
Laboratory test
59,431 (20.2%)
Sensory test
25,974 (8.8%)
Random sampling test
25,474 (8.7%)
Contents 2010 year 2009 year
Totals 1,143
(0.39%) 1,229
(0.48%)
Specification/
standards
Subtotals 317 483
Agricultural Products 1 -
Processed Foods 38 56
Health Function Foods 90 71
Food Additives (Contents
etc.) 26 26
Utensil, Containers &
Packages 162 330
Food Additives(Sulfur dioxide etc.) 356 280
Microorganism 217 242
Alien Substances 104 100
Pesticides 16 17
Veterinary medicines 7 17
Mycotoxins(Aflatoxins etc.) 24 8
Benzopyrene 23 19
Prohibited Medical compounds in Foods 6 17
Irradiation 25 -
Others 49 46
Status of Violation Contents
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100
150
200
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350
400
450
500 2010년
2009년
3. Status of imported Organic foods
10
• Main organic products - banana, wheat(for flour), kiwi, acorn
- Brown sugar, Processed fruit-vegetable product, Processed sugar product, Infused tea, Soy flour
• Main import countries of organic products
- USA, Germany, Italy, China, France, Brazil, Philippine, Australia
•4. Amendment of Food sanitation Act
• Exception item of document review
- Non-color glasses with lead compound in cooking utensils
• Laboratory test
- Foods imported by processor(manufacturer) for dectected
Hazard substance for 2 years
• Changed criteria of The same foods of the same company
- Deletion importer in criteria
• Establishment of Collection amount
- Supplement collection amount of Irradiation test
• Revised of “Import Report” form
- Change of Handling period in heat-preservation test(15days)
- Establishment of Handling period in Irradiation test(14days)
- Checking of High calorie - low nutrient food
Revised Food sanitation act on 19 Aug., 2011
Imported Foods Information Site: http://www.foodnara.go.kr/ importfood
