On Dec 30th, 2019, MFDS unveiled its food policy development plan in 2020. Policies related to health functional food took up one-third of the plan. Here are the details.
| Agenda | Policy | Main content |
| January | Speed up import customs clearance | Preferential policies will be granted to good importers that maintain a clean record without any history of compliance violations |
| February | Create and operate a smart system to administrate imported food | Supervise imported food from origin to final circulation in South Korea and use technology like AI to improve this process |
| March | Build up and operate a food safety information website | Through which, Korean consumers can check the information about the safety of imported food. |
| May | Strengthen the management system of unusual cases related to health functional food | Improve consumer protection in these instances. |
| June | Expand the traceability management filing scope of health functional food retailers | Functional food retailers that recorded sales in excess of 100 million KRW (around 86 thousand USD) in 2018 must implement traceability. |
| June | When a product is banned from being imported, the information of overseas manufacturers will be publicized at the same time. | If any overseas manufacturer rejects, hinders avoid or does not respond to the mandatory onsite inspection, MFDS will publicize the info about relevant overseas manufacturers. |
| September | Strengthen the labeling requirement of caffeine on coffee sold in the café. | Enterprises that have over 100 cafes in South Korea must implement mandatory caffeine content labeling. The term "high caffeine" must be used on the label. |
| December | Implement a GMP system for health functional food | Health foods must be manufactured using GMP to assure the safety of products and protect consumers. |
| December | Implement HACCP mandatorily | Implement a mandatory HACCP system for the production of eight food products, including foods for children. |
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