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Guideline of Foreign Food Facility Registration
Local Title:
해외제조업소 등록 민원인 안내서
Country/Region:
South Korea
Competent Authority:
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Type:
Guideline
Status:
Invalid
Release Date:
2021-07-29
Implementation Date:
2021-07-29
Applicable Scope:
Aquatic & aquatic products; Alcoholic products; Bakery food; Beverage; Candy products; Condiment; Egg & egg products; Food additive; Food contact materials; Food for special dietary uses; Frozen drinks; Fruits & vegetables; Grain & grain products; Health food; Infant formula food; Meat & meat products; Milk & milk products; Nutrition fortifier; Oil & oil products; Others
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Official Guideline of Foreign Food Facility Registration
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Summary

“Foreign food facility” is referred to as “a facility located abroad where the imported food is produced, manufactured, processed, treated, packaged, or stored, etc.” Registering a foreign food facility is the first and a significant step to sell foods to South Korea.

On July 29, 2021, MFDS published the Guideline of Foreign Food Facility Registration to guide enterprises register the foreign food facility smoothly. It contains:

  1. Foreign food facility

  2. Foreign food facility registration

  3. Registration decision rree 

  4. Registration method

  5. Method to check the registered foreign food facility

  6. Situations to cancle the foreign food facility registration

  7. FAQs about foreign food facility registration

Contact at contact@chemlinked.com to get an English translation. 

Get more information about how to register a foreign food facility here.

History
2022-03-22
In force
Release Date: 2022-03-22
Implementation Date : 2022-03-22
2021-07-29
Guideline of Foreign Food Facility Registration
Invalid
Release Date: 2021-07-29
Implementation Date : 2021-07-29