Health functional food
Business processes
Procedure
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Registration of an import retail business which includes food import >>Getting educational qualifications after taking online education at Korea Health Supplements Association(https://edu.khsa.or.kr/user/Main.do#none) and applying for an import retail business registration.
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Review products’ size, standards and its customs permit >> Ascertain the requirements for an suitable type and an standard size according to the Functional Food for Health Act by checking component proportions, manufacturing process and the export country label.
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Preliminary inspection about standards and specifications of food products >> We make a test for food products in advance whether those products are appropriate for internal standards and specifications.
* Preliminary inspection: It can prevent the case from failing to pass the test in advance if we make the same precision test for products before importing. -
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Making suitable labels for products>> Making Korean abels for each type according to the food labeling regulations from the Functional Food for Health Act.
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Importing into the country and warehousing of goods at bonded warehouse.
* We provide ONE STOP SERVICE which includes international transportation, operating warehouse, clearance, inland transportation. -
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KFDS declaration>>precision test, inspection documents.
* Precision test: It is the test for products that are imported for the first time at Korea and products will be taken a test for its standards and specifications under the functional food for health act.
(It is the same preliminary precision test that No.3 clause refers)
* examination documents: Ascertain the appropriateness of its possibility to pass the test with the same products that were imported in the nation before. -
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Customs declaration >> Imported products declaration and clearance at Korea Customs
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Inland transportation >> You can receive your products where you want.
Health functional food related data
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Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
http://www.mfds.go.kr