The Consumers Affairs Agency (CAA) has published on 19 February 2026 ( under CAA Notification No. 7 of 2025) a partial amendment of Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food additives etc. ( Act No. 370 of 1959 ) to revise the maximum residue limits (MRL) of Isotianil, Clofentezine, Validamycin and Broflanilide based on Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the Food Sanitation Act ( Act No. 233 of 1947 ) . Additionaly, Acetylcysteine (feed additive) has been added to the list of

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has launched a public consultation on 8 January proposing a partial amendment ( No.2026-009 ) to the " Standards and Specifications for Utensils, Containers, and Packaging (UCP) " The draft proposes to expand the scope of physical synthetic resin recycled raw materials* used in the manufacture of utensils, containers, and packaging (UCP) to include polypropylene (PP) in addition to polyethylene terephthalate (PET). In ord

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has launched a public consultation ( (Public Notice No. 2026-012 , January 12, 2026)  to partially amendment its, " Regulations on Cosmetic Safety Standards, etc. " The draft amendment proposes to harmonise the list of raw materials to eliminate any confusion regarding ingredients that cannot be used in cosmetics (Appendix 1) and ingredients that require restrictions on use (Appendix 2), among ingredients which can only be