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South Korea reports revision of food utensils, containers, and packaging standards

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2026-02-02

The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has released a revised draft of the "Standards and Specifications for Food Utensils, Containers, and Packaging", which aims to further strengthen the safety management system for food contact materials through institutional adjustments and technical indicator updates. This revision intends to make adjustments in terms of raw material access, standard system structure, and limit requirements.

On January 12, 2026, South Korea issued the G/SPS/N/KOR/838 notification through the WTO. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of South Korea released a revised draft of the "Standards and Specifications for Food Utensils, Containers, and Packaging", which aims to further strengthen the safety management system of food contact materials through institutional adjustments and technical indicator updates. This revision intends to make adjustments in terms of raw material access, standard system structure, and limit requirements.

1. Add recognition requirements for mechanically recycled polypropylene as a raw material for food utensils, containers, and packaging, and include it in the regulatory system for food contact materials. It is clear that recycled materials must have traceable sources, controlled recycling processes, and established safety evaluation procedures to ensure their safe use under food contact conditions.

2. Reorganize the overall composition of the "Standards and Specifications for Food Utensils, Containers, and Packaging", systematically sort out the definitions of terms, material classifications, technical terms, and scope of application, reduce the intersection and ambiguity between different material standards, and improve the clarity and consistency of the regulatory system.

3. Revise the migration limit requirements for di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and di (2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHP) in polyvinyl chloride materials, and adjust the migration test conditions and judgment principles accordingly to more accurately reflect the risk control needs in actual food contact and use situations.

It is recommended that relevant enterprises pay attention to the compliance path of mechanically regenerated polypropylene raw materials in advance, systematically verify the migration performance of DEHP and DEHA in existing products, and adjust internal compliance management and testing verification plans in a timely manner based on the restructuring of the standard system.

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