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Guideline on Food Import Declaration
Local Title:
알기 쉬운 수입식품등 수입신고 안내서
Country/Region:
South Korea
Competent Authority:
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Type:
Guideline
Status:
Invalid
Release Date:
2021-11-08
Implementation Date:
2021-11-08
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 on Food Import Declaration
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Summary

On November 8, 2021, MFDS published the Guideline on Food Import Declaration to help enterprises easily understand the import regulation, provisions, and declaration preparation of imported food. 

Contents

Chapter 1 Declaration and inspection of imported food,

Chapter 2 Preparation of the import declaration

Chapter 3 Key points of different goods’ declaration with the Customs

  • General requirements 

  • Import declaration of agricultrual food 

  • Import declaration of fishery food

  • Import declaration of livestock food

  • Import declaration of processed food 

  • Import declaration of utensils, containers and  packages

Chapter 4 FAQs

History
2026-02-09
In force
Release Date: 2026-02-09
Implementation Date : 2026-02-09
2021-11-08
Guideline on Food Import Declaration
Invalid
Release Date: 2021-11-08
Implementation Date : 2021-11-08
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