Issue 61
Minister of Commerce Apiradi Tantraporn announced that South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has issued a new regulation stating that agencies issuing quality assurances on food and animal feed exported to the East Asian nation must first register with the MFDS.
The regulation will be effective from January 1, 2017. Quality assurances include HACCP, ISO 22000, and GMP as well as halal, kosher and vegan food.
“The Ministry of Commerce has appointed the DITP to convey the news to related agencies to be registered with the MDFS in order to prevent Thai exports from being rejected,” said Tantraporn on December 16, 2016.
In the first ten months of 2016, Thailand exported US$339 million to South Korea, with top exports including seafood, sugar, processed seafood, canned fruit and processed chicken.
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