Korea Food and Drug Administration Archives

S. Korea’s Food Imports Surge on Greater Demand

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s food imports have been rising sharply in recent years mainly due to increased consumer demand for more diverse products, data showed Wednesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy posted 554,177 import reports of processed food and agrofisheries products in 2014, up 25.5 percent from 441,530 shipments tallied for the whole [...]

Korean Chicken Soup Exports Obtain USDA Approval

SEOUL, Korea, Mar 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and the Korea Food and Drug Administration proudly announced that, as of March 26 (local time), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially approved Korea as an exporter of processed poultries which has opened up the gates for [...]