The Amendment aims to simplify documentary evidence submitted to ensure safety throughout the steps of customs clearance and to relax facility requirements for the business of online purchasing of imported goods, etc., by proxy, and otherwise addresses a number of weaknesses that have emerged from the enforcement of the Act.
Details
A. Simplify documentary evidence for the steps of customs clearance (Article 27)
Minimize documentary evidence requested and reviewed throughout the steps of customs clearance to verify the safety of imported food, etc., and clarify the legal grounds therefor
B. Prescribe obligations to control by classification foods etc., whose declaration is conditionally accepted, and to report any changes to the storage location, etc. (Article 31 and attached Table 8)
Require any importer who has been conditionally issued with an import declaration certificate to keep the foods, etc., concerned separate from other foods, etc., and to report any changes to the storage location, etc., to the competent authorities
C. Extend the scope of information disclosure for inspection results of imported food, etc.
Disclose the date of manufacture or expiration date of non-conforming imported food, etc., and prepare legal grounds for the disclosure of information on inspection results of imported food, etc., found to be conforming
D. Add to the scope of compulsory traceability of imported food (Article 35)
Gradually register the traceability of those business operators who import foods for pregnant/nursing women, foods for special medical purposes, and weight loss formulas
E. Relax facility standards for the business of online purchasing of imported food, etc., by proxy (attached Table 7)
Allow business activity even without an independent office
F. Relax the same company, same imported food requirements for imported health functional foods (attached Table 10)
Recognize as the same company and the same imported food cases where the mixing ratio of the functional ingredients or components is the same
