Transcript Introduce on Imported Foods System in Korea

Introduce on Imported Foods
System in Korea
- Under The Food Sanitation Act -
Korea Food and Drug Administration
History of KFDA
 1996. 4. 6 : The Korean Food & Drug Safety Headquarter
and six Regional offices were established.
 1998. 2. 28 : The Korea Food & Drug Administration
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VISION of KFDA
 Promoting the public health by ensuring the safety
and efficacy of foods, pharmaceuticals, medical devices
and cosmetics, and supporting the development of the
food and pharmaceutical Industries.
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Mission Statement
 Supervising manufacture, importation, and distribution of foods
and health functional foods and their safety
 Supervising manufacture and importation of pharmaceuticals and
distribution of narcotic drugs and approving importation Pharmaceuticals
 Supervising manufacture and importation of medical devices and
medical radioactivity
 Supervising manufacture of cosmetics and evaluating the safety
and efficacy of functional cosmetics
 Setting standards and specifications for foods and pharmaceuticals
and conducting research related to their safety
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Bodies Responsible in Food safety
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW)
 Regional Food & Drug Administrations
 National Quarantine Station
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry(MAF)
 National Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service
 National Plant Quarantine Service
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries(MOMAF)
 National fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service
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Principal Food Safety & Quality Legislation
The Food Sanitation Act
 Purpose of the Act
 To protect the people from health hazards which may be
caused by eating or drinking, and to help improve an promote
public health
 Any Foods not complying with the FSA shall not be collected,
manufactured, imported, processed, used, prepared,
stored, transported or displayed for sale or for other
commercial purpose
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The Specification and standards for foods
 Enforcement Regulations of the Food Sanitation Act
(MOHW)
 Korea Food Code (KFDA Notification)
 Korea Food Additives Code (KFDA Notification )
 Foods Labeling Standards (KFDA Notification )
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Food headquarters
Food Safety Policy Team
Food Management Team
Food
Headquarters
Food Import Team
Food Safety & HACCP Team
Risk Management Planning Team
 To establish general policy for food safety management
systems
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 To supervise overall food hygiene matters including
surveillance for illegal and adulterated food
 Supervising food importation and exportation, and conducting
imported food inspection
 Handling works relating to genetically modified foods
 Codex-Alimentarius activities
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Government Agencies
 6 Regional agencies
SEOUL, BUSAN(3 branches), GYEONGIN(3 branches),
DAEGU, GWANGJU, AND DAEJEON REGIONAL KFDA
 Each agency serves as a field operation base conducting
food & Drug surveillance and imported food inspections
at its local Laboratory
 9 National Quarantine Stations
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KFDA
Regional
Offices
Regional
Quarantine
Offices
Headquarters
Seoul
Busan
Gyeong-in
Daegu
Gwang-ju
Gunsan
Mokpo
Yeosu
Masan
Dae-jeon
Tongyeong
Ulsan
Pohang
Donghae
Jeju
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Procedures for Imported Foods
Products Requiring Import Notifications
 Food
 Meat, Dairy, Egg Products
MAF
 Fisheries Products
MOMAF
 Food Additives
 Apparatus, Container-Packages
 Health Functional foods
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Flow Charts of Import Procedures
1. Applicant
2. Files “Entry Report for Foods”
3. Document
Inspection
4. Organoleptic
Inspection
6. Random
Sampling Inspection
5. Laboratory
Test
7. Field Inspection (Sampling)
Organoleptic
Inspection
8. Laboratory Test
(by Food Sanitation Inspection Lab.)
9. Conformity Assessment
18. Issue Pre-Certificate
For Import Report
10. Conformity
15. Violation
11. Issue Certificate for Import
16. Notify to the Applicant and
Regional Customs Director
12. Customs Clearance
13. Market access
14. Surveillance of Distributed Food Product
17. Returns, Discards or Changes
of the product of usages
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Automated Imported Foods
Inspection System
 KFDA developed an Automated Inspection System for
Imported Foods in April 1998
 Improvement of efficiency and transparency of the
procedures of imported foods inspection
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Regulations related to imported foods
( KFDA Notification)
 Inspection Guidelines for Imported Foods etc.
 Provisions on the standards, etc. for authorization of
foreign official laboratories
 Pre/Confirmation based registration system of imported
foods
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Authorization of Foreign Official Laboratory
Objectives
 To acceptance of inspection results prepared by official
laboratories of exporting countries
Requirements for Application for Authorization
 Laboratories which are under the direct control of
central or local governments of exporting countries
 Private Laboratories approved or designated by central
or local governments of exporting countries
 43 Organizations in 10 Countries
USA(2), Thailand(5), Taiwan(4), Australia(9), Finland(1), Germany(1),
Vietnam(6), China(10), India(4), France(1)
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Pre / Conformation Based Registration System
of Imported Foods
 Overview of the system
 In the event it is confirmed in advance (prior to import) through
on-the-spot investigation that the foods manufactured and
processed in the factory of an export country comply with the
Food Sanitation Act of Korea, document inspection may suffice
for applying importation
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Standard for Genetically Modified Food
Objectives
 To provide correct information to consumers
 To ensure "Right-to-Know" & "Right-to-Choose"
Labeling
 Foods using soybeans, corns, and soybean sprout
 July 13, 2001
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Exporting Foods Regulations
 Notwithstanding the provisions of FSA, standards and
specifications of foods for export may be subject to those
as required by the importers
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Status of Imported Foods (2004)
EU
Items
Account
Total
Weight
(Ton)
Total
Amount
(1,000$)
Account
Weight
(Ton)
Amount
(1,000$)
33,783
274,510
863,894
196,968
11,454,463
6,503,834
744
24,108
13,829
32,316
7,677,891
2,497,456
Processed Foods
22,718
164,624
551,810
110,967
342,422
2,703,102
Foods Additives
5,141
55,663
130,240
27,613
162,957
418,248
Apparatus etc.
3,796
28,864
161,767
20,256
169,722
452,194
384
1,251
6,248
5,816
11,471
432,834
Agr • Forest Products
Health functional
foods
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Any Questions ?
KFDA Food Import Team
Phone : 82-2-380-1733,4
Fax : 82-2-388-6392
http://www.kfda.go.kr
Thank You !!!