Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Yu-Kyoung Oh) is holding the 4th MFDS Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (GCFA) on September 24 and 25 under the theme, “Global cooperation and solidarity to combat foodborne AMR*" in Seoul. * Antimicrobial Re...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) announced that it will hold a seminar on food safety management technology cooperation from June 17 to 21 for 20 officials from food safety regulatory agencies in 10 Asian countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan...

The Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Korea MFDS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) will jointly convene a four-day global symposium 「AI Regulatory and International Symposium」 (AIRIS 2024) assembling regulators and industry/academia experts from aroun...

- MFDS taking initiative in regulatory harmonization and cooperation among Asia-Pacific food regulatory authorities - The 2nd APFRAS meeting will be held on May 13-14 in Seoul Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister OH, Yu-Kyoung) announced that the Asia-Pacific Food Regulatory Authority Summ...

- Two Home-grown Lucentis Biosimilars Added to List of English Assessment Summaries of MFDS-approved Biosimilars The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister OH Yu-Kyoung) announced that the English assessment summary information of two Korean Lucentis biosimilars (ranibizumab)* to treat ag...

- Korea’s outstanding regulatory system and capabilities have been internationally recognized - The WLA’s status is expected to grant Korea favorable conditions for international procurement of pharmaceuticals and correspondingly expand exports The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (M...

- MFDS hosts the Korea-ASEAN invitational training program for 10 Asian nations from October 23rd to 27th - Korea’s food safety management policies to be shared, and on-site visits to food manufacturing and processing facilities included - Contributing to advancement of food safety systems i...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister: Oh Yu-Kyoung) announced an administrative notice with revision of the Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods on July 25, which includes the addition of ‘Warning notice for intake’ for 9 f...