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 order t

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced on 18 October 2023 (under MHLW Notification No. 290 of 2023) 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 Amisulbrom, Ametoctradin, Amprolium, Glufosinate, Dicloxacillin, Simeconazole, Cefuroxime, Flupyradifurone, Flumioxazin, Metaldehyde and Mefentrifluconazole based on Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the Food Sanita