Foods Labeling Standards
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                2003. 8
        Korea Food & Drug Administration
                 Contents
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       『Enclosure 1』
       The Detailed Labeling Standards for Foods
       (with regards to Article 7)····································15
        1. General Labeling Standards for Foods··············17
        2. Individual Labeling Standards for Each Food····45
       『Enclosure 2』
       Tolerance (range) between indicated quantity and
       actual quantity·······························································81
            Foods Labeling Standards
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                              Foods Labeling Standards
                                     Enacted Jan. 1, 1996, Ministry of Health & Welfare Notification No. 95-67
                                     Revised Jul. 13, 1996, Ministry of Health & Welfare Notification No. 96-51
                                    Revised Jan. 19, 1998, Ministry of Health & Welfare Notification No. 98- 5
                                Enacted Oct. 7, 1998, Korea Food & Drug Administration Notification No. 98-96
                               Revised Feb. 18, 1999, Korea Food & Drug Administration Notification No. 99-15
                              Revised Jul. 28, 2000, Korea Food & Drug Administration Notification No. 2000-36
                             Revised Aug. 27, 2002, Korea Food & Drug Administration Notification No. 2002-49
                             Revised May 23, 2003, Korea Food & Drug Administration Notification No. 2003-27
                  Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Notification is to promote
                    sanitary handling of foods and provide consumers with correct
                    information by prescribing the labeling standards for foods, food
                    additives,   apparatus    or   container․package      (hereinafter,   "foods")
                    according to Article 10, the Food Sanitation Act (hereinafter, "the Act").
                  Article 2 (Definition of Terms) The terms used in this Notification are
                    defined as follows:
                    1. "Product name" refers to the unique name of an individual product.
                    2. "Food type" refers to the smallest unit of foods according to the
                      standards and specifications for foods in Article 7, the Act.
                    3.  "Date of manufacture" refers to the point when no further
                      manufacturing or processing than packaging becomes necessary (for
                      those    products     that,   after   packaging,     undergo      additional
                      manufacturing processes such as sterilization or pasteurization, it
                      refers to the point when the final process is completed). However, for
                      the capsule products, it refers to the point when encapsulation․
                      molding is completed; for the products subject to food subdivision
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