[Press Release]MFDS Opens a New Era of Innovation in Medical Product Approval and Review(Target: 240-Day Approval) Follow-up to President-Chaired Regulatory Rationalization Committee Approval and Review Innovation Grants Korean Citizens the Fastest Access to Medical Treatments in the World New ...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), led by Minister Oh Yu-kyoung, announced that the 4th Asia-Pacific Food Regulatory Authority Summit (APFRAS 2026), held in Seoul from May 11 to 12, concluded successfully with the adoption of the “APFRAS Seoul 2026 Declaration.”

Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Yu-Kyoung Oh) is holding the 6th MFDS Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (GCFA) on May 13 to 14 under the theme, “A New Horizon for Foodborne AMR* Response: Building Big Data and Innovating Global Food Safety M...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), led by Minister Yu-Kyoung Oh, announced that the 4th Asia-Pacific Food Regulatory Authority Summit (APFRAS 2026*) will be held from May 11 to 12 at Hotel Naru Seoul MGallery.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) announced that the Republic of Korea played a leading role in advancing international food additive standards at the 56th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA56), held from April 13 to 17 in Chongqing, China. A to...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister OH Yu-kyoung, MFDS) and the Korea Agency of HACCP Accreditation and Services (Director HAN Sang-Bae, KAHAS), announced that the "Strengthening the Capacity for Safety Management of Food Imports and Exports in Latin America and the Caribbean (2023&ndas...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) announced that the Republic of Korea has received the highest possible score of 5 in the “Food Safety” area of the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister OH Yu-Kyoung) announced that a delegation from China’s Shenzhen Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (SAMR Shenzhen)* - the host city for the APEC 2026 Leaders’ Meeting - is scheduled to visit Korea from April 13 to 15. The vis...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has developed the world’s first international guideline providing scientific criteria to assess the abuse and dependence potential of new psychoactive substances. The guidel...

[Press Release] Korean Beef and Pork Start Their Voyage to Singapore