South Korea issued a partial amendment to the "Labeling Standards for Food, etc." to modify other labeling items of food for special medical use

On September 26, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2023-64, revising part of the Labeling Standard for Food, etc., the main contents of which are as follows:

1.Modify some provisions of the General provisions and the common labeling standard: Modify the definition of the term retort food; Ice fruits and ice cubes do not need to be heated, so the new setting as frozen food does not need to indicate whether to heat; Modify the necessary labeling items when thawing frozen products for circulation.

2. Modify individual labeling items and labeling standards: increase the labeling requirements of the operator of the smallest packaging unit for edible eggs; Modify the food types of natural cheese and other labeling items of food for special medical purposes (related labeling requirements for frozen products in cookbook dietary management foods); Modify the labeling of frozen food that is thawed and circulated.

3. Add the name of the enterprise and the location of the edible egg selection industry.