South Korean parliamentarians suggest that HACCP applicable standards for imported food such as kimchi produced in China should be formulated as soon as possible

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　　According to the information submitted by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety: in the past five years (2015 to 2019), China's kimchi imports reached 1,354,826 tons, with an average annual import volume of 270,000 tons.
Imports have increased year by year, from 224,279 tons in 2015 to 306,685 tons in 2019, an increase of 26.
8%.

 

　　During the same period, South Korea’s domestic exports of kimchi were only 123,638 tons, which was less than one-tenth of imports.
In particular, 99.
9% of South Korea’s imported kimchi is Chinese kimchi.
With the increase in the amount of kimchi, the proportion of Chinese kimchi in South Korea’s domestic production has also increased from 51.
2% in 2015 to 65% in 2019, showing an increasing trend.

 

　　South Korean parliamentarians said: According to the partial amendments to the "Special Imported Food Safety Management Act" issued on April 7 last year, HACCP applicable standards will be introduced into imported food as soon as July this year, but the compulsory application is still being discussed.
Specific details such as variety, time, process, etc.
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and Customs Department are currently conducting thorough import inspections starting from the customs clearance stage of Chinese kimchi and pickled cabbage.
Although there is no problem with security at present, it is still not enough to eliminate the anxiety of the people.