Introduce on Imported Foods System in Korea

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Introduce on Imported Foods System in Korea

• - Under The Food Sanitation Act -

Korea Food and Drug Administration
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• 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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Regional Quarantine Offices
KFDA Regional Offices
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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 
5. Laboratory Test
4. Organoleptic Inspection
3. Document Inspection
6. Random Sampling Inspection
7. Field Inspection (Sampling)
Organoleptic Inspection
8. Laboratory Test (by Food Sanitation
Inspection Lab.) 
18. Issue Pre-Certificate For Import Report
9. Conformity Assessment
15. Violation
10. Conformity
16. Notify to the Applicant and Regional
Customs Director
11. Issue Certificate for Import
12. Customs Clearance
17. Returns, Discards or Changes of the
product of usages
13. Market access
14. Surveillance of Distributed Food Product
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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)

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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 !!!