SEJONG, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s customs agency said Wednesday that it has caught illegal imports in 89,336 cases in 2016, up 8 percent from a year earlier. The Korea Customs Service said it seized imports of foods that contain harmful substances in 9,033 cases, up 315 percent from 2,867 cases in 2015. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Garcinia gummi-gutta, or garcinia cambogia, is a tropical fruit best recognized for its proponents’ claims about its contribution to weight loss, despite a lack of clinical evidence supporting the assertion. A diet supplement containing its extract (hydroxycitric acid – HCA) is also the most popular weight-loss product sold in Korea. [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea food supplements sold abroad are contaminated with excessive levels of heavy metals, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The announcement comes as South Korean health authorities collected 13 types of food supplements that are currently being circulated abroad and found that of the samples of [...]
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 [...]