SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) - The government here on Thursday announced an unprecedented campaign to reduce sugar consumption by its people, designating sugar as the main culprit behind the rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases in Korean society. In the initial five-year phase of the anti-sugar campaign, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Food companies have started to cut down the sugar levels in their products to match consumer awareness of the substance blamed for rising obesity, industry officials said Wednesday, in step with government moves to reduce its intake through state-level measures. According to LinkAztec, a market research company, the business-to-consumer (B2C) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Supplements to improve smoking behavior will be designated and administrated as sanitary aids even though they do not contain nicotine. The supplements only have fragrances added instead of nicotine, and are used as a thinner for concentrated nicotine used in vape pens. In addition, products used for oral hygiene [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Chickens from Brazil are dominating Korea, accounting for 96 percent of the import market. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the amount of chicken meat imported from Brazil during April and May increased 2.6 times over the same period of the previous year, to 23,518 tons. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Deep-sea water is full of various natural minerals contributing to good health, with high antioxidative activity and even the potential to add flavor to food. Now, the versatile water can be used in food products, and is rising as a blue chip prospect in the food industry. Considering the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) will support the export of domestic vaccines, by helping Korean drug manufactures to obtain the WHO’s PQ qualification. On January 15, the MFDS announced that it would expand its WHO PQ qualification counseling and consulting for Korean vaccine manufacturers who want to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the permissible level for parabens on toothpastes for children has turned out to be much higher than that for other products including wet tissues for oral cleaning, many people are showing increasing concerns about any harmful effect from it and asking to lower the level. According to a report released by Kim Yong-ik, a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – As controversies continue over the harmful chemical materials in wet tissues, the Korean government has made a countermeasure to reinforce its safety management by categorizing it as a cosmetic product. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Aug. 19 that it would include wet tissues for sanitation purpose [...]