Regulatory Compliance Service - Food

Importing Food Procedure with K-GMP Service

STEP 1. Reviewing food quality and preparing documents
Check point!
1) Food quality required by Korean Food Codex must be complied.
2) Documents necessary for quarantine should be prepared.

K-GMP Consulting!
1) Review of food types
2) Food ingredients assessment under positive list
3) Food labelling under MFDS regulation
4) Specification and Standard assessment under Korean Food Codex
5) Guide to documents required for quarantine

STEP 2. Foriegn establishment registration
Check point!
1) Foreign establishment that manufacture food sold in Korea must register with the MFDS.

K-GMP Consulting!
1) Foreign establishment registration
2) Foreign establishment registration renewal
- Valid: 2 years

STEP 3. Food import declaration and quarantine
Check point!
1) The import declaration is made by the importer.
2) Quarantine proceeds as below;
- Document inspection
- Product on-site inspection

K-GMP Consulting!
1) Guide to documents required for quarantine
2) Specification and Standard assessment under Korean Food Codex
3) Guide to testing the food quality in advance prior to quarantine


K-GMP is advising you at every stage your product development and helping you towards innovation in total efficiency.

If you have further questions, please contact to K-GMP.