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Government Legislation

  • Administrative Pre-Announcement of a Partial Amendment to the Quality Certification Standards for Children's Favorite Foods
    • Competent Ministry : Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
    • Advance Publication of Legislation : 2023-06-09
    • Opinion Submission Deadline : 2023-06-29

1. Reasons for Amendment

Excessive intake of sugar-alcohol can cause abdominal pain, etc., so this amendment aims to rationally improve quality certification standards, including the establishment of a sugar-alcohol standard. 


2. Major Provisions

That is, it aims to establish a new standard to use less than 20% of total sugar-alcohol for candies and reflect and adjust the current Standards according to revisions, etc., in other statutes.

Regulatory effect assessment
  • 어린이 기호식품 품질인증기준(규제영향분석서)_20230609.hwp [download]
Legislative proposal (draft)
  • 「어린이 기호식품 품질인증기준」 일부개정고시(안).hwpx [download]