Standards for Registration and Management of Excellent Importers

This standard is applicable to any person who imports and sale the imported food, etc. from a foreign food facility or a foreign establishment manufacturing or processing the relevant imported food, etc. This regulation includes the definition and terminology, standard of registration, management of registration, renew of the registration, matters to be observed, etc.

Law Hierarchy

• Main Act: Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control (Imported Food Act)

• Enforcement decree: Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control

• Enforcement rule: Enforcement Rule of the Special Act on Imported Food Safety Control

• Subordinate regulations: Method and Standard of On-site Inspection of Foreign Food Facilities and Foreign Establishments; Standards for Registration and Management of Excellent Importers; Regulation on Registration of Foreign Establishments; Regulations on Inspection of Imported Health Functional Food; Regulation on Inspection of Imported Food, etc.; Food Traceability Management Standard; Food, Food Additives, Livestock Product and Health Functional Food Shelf Life Determination Standard; Regulation on Declaration and Inspections of Imported Livestock Products; HACCP Operation Regulation for Imported Food; Regulation on Permitted Import Countries (Regions) and Sanitation Requirements of Livestock Products