South Korea Partially Revises Food Code

Major changes are:

1. Updating the classification of food raw materials

2. Adding provision on the production of food made from marine algae

3. Setting rules for the use of inorganic arsenic in food processing

4. Defining bread butter which is subject to microbiological criteria and revising indicators of vibrio parahaemolyticus in ready-to-eat and instant food

5. Changing methods of sampling, treating and testing

6. Correcting false provisions about food additives and specification

7. Resetting the maximum residue limit of four pesticides (including 2,4-D) in agricultural products