As revealed by MFDS Notice No. 2019-88 [1], South Korea updated the revision of the Food Additive Code on Oct. 11th, 2019. Here’re the main revisions.
Main Revisions
Documents required for safety review
Authentication material about the bacterial strain
Confirmation material on dead bacteria or its residue in the final product
Material that can prove the strain can be taken as food
Case study information on practical applications in food manufacturing
Confirmation material about whether it is pathogenic to animals, plants or humans
Microorganisms exempted from submitting material 3, 4 and 5 are listed below.
No. | Microorganisms | No. | Microorganisms |
1 | Actinoplanes missouriensis | 32 | Leuconostoc mesenteroides |
2 | Alcaligenes faecalis | 33 | Microbacterium arborescens |
3 | Aspergillus aculeatus | 34 | Microbacterium imperiale |
4 | Aspergillus awamori | 35 | Micrococcus lysodeikticus |
5 | Aspergillus kawachii | 36 | Monascus pilosus |
6 | Aspergillus melleus | 37 | Monascus purpureus |
7 | Aspergillus niger | 38 | Moniliella pollinis |
8 | Aspergillus oryzae | 39 | Penicillium chrysogenum |
9 | Aspergillus shirousamii | 40 | Penicillium citrinum |
10 | Aspergillus usamii | 41 | Penicillium funiculosum |
11 | Aureobasidium pullulans | 42 | Penicillium multicolor |
12 | Bacillus acidopullulyticus | 43 | Pseudomonas elodea |
13 | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | 44 | Pseudomonas stutzeri |
14 | Bacillus circulans | 45 | Pullulanibacillus naganoensis |
15 | Bacillus coagulans | 46 | Rhizomucor miehei |
16 | Bacillus licheniformis | 47 | Rhizomucor pusillus |
17 | Bacillus pumilus | 48 | Rhizopus oryzae |
18 | Bacillus stearothermophilus | 49 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
19 | Bacillus subtilis | 50 | Streptococcus bovis ORLA-JENSEN |
20 | Candida lipolytica | 51 | Streptomyces albulus |
21 | Candida rugosa | 52 | Streptomyces griseus |
22 | Candida utilis | 53 | Streptomyces murinus |
23 | Chaetomium gracile | 54 | Streptomyces olivaceus |
24 | Escherichia coli K-12 | 55 | Streptomyces olivochromogenes |
25 | Gibberella fujikuroi | 56 | Streptomyces rubiginosus |
26 | Humicola insolens | 57 | Streptoverticillium mobaraense |
27 | Klebsiella aerogenes | 58 | Talaromyces emersonii |
28 | Kluyveromyces fragilis | 59 | Trichoderma reesei |
29 | Kluyveromyces lactis | 60 | Trichoderma viride |
30 | Lactobacillus fermentum | 61 | Trichosporonoides megachilensis |
31 | Lactococcus lactis | 62 | Xanthomonas campestris |
Terminology revision
“Keep in a cool place” specified in the storage and circulation standard was changed into “keep in room temperature and avoid direct sunlight exposure”.
The use standard of cocaine was changed from “the usage amount of caffeine” into “the usage amount of caffeine shall be calculated on the dried basis”.