According to the MFDS report [1] released on July 30th, 2019, South Korea completed the onsite inspection of 212 overseas manufacturers in the first half of the year.
Along with the implementation of Import Food Act [2] publicized on Dec. 11th, 2018, the disqualification rate of onsite inspection in H1, 2019 reached 16.0%, three times higher than 2016. Among the 212 manufacturers inspected, 34 of them were banned from exporting products to South Korea due to the non-compliant sanitation management.
Non-compliant Data
2019 onsite inspection result and measures
| Total | Onsite inspection data | ||||
| Qualified | Need improvement | Disqualified | Reject onsite inspection | ||
| Enterprises | 212 | 178 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Measures | - | - | Conduct stricter importation inspection | Stop the importation | Stop the importation |
Main non-compliant food categories
Main causes of non-compliance
As revealed by MFDS, the main causes for non-compliance were unqualified sanitation conditions of:
raw and auxiliary materials
food processing equipment
employees' personal hygiene
pest and rat control
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