Starting Next Year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Will Manage Distribution History of Imported Agricultural Products

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 29th that starting next year, it will take over the distribution history management of imported agricultural products and processed goods from the Korea Customs Service and operate it.

Distribution history management is a system that requires mandatory reporting of transaction details at each distribution stage to systematically manage the entire distribution process from import to retail stage.

Until now, the management system for preventing false origin distribution of imported agricultural products was dualized between the Korea Customs Service's distribution history management and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' origin labeling management, but it will be unified starting next year.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs explained, "We plan to significantly reduce fraudulent distribution such as origin disguise by utilizing distribution history information in real time, while strengthening origin management capabilities."

Also, starting next year, importers and distributors who are obligated to report must report transaction details through the distribution history management system of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service within 5 days from the date of transfer of the reported items. Currently, the reported items include 14 products such as onions, doraji, and kimchi.

Furthermore, the obligated reporters must inform the transferee of the reporting obligation by specifying it in writing such as on the transaction statement when transferring the reportable items, and must keep proof documents such as transaction details for one year from the transaction date.

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