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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea is making changes to its computer system to enable the acceptance of electronic sanitation certificates for aquatic products imported from Norway. This move is in line with a recently signed agreement aiming to enhance the safety management of Norwegian seafood imports. The system, developed in collaboration with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, has been under pilot testing since April and is expected to streamline the import declaration process. The agreement covers a broad range of seafood products, with Norway being the third largest exporter of aquatic goods to Korea. The conversion of these certificates to an electronic format is part of wider efforts to improve efficiency and support environmental goals, following a similar initiative with Philippine aquatic products in 2022.
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 8th that it will improve the computer system so that paper sanitation certificates received when importing aquatic products such as salmon and mackerel from Norway are submitted as electronic certificates. This is a measure following the conclusion of a seafood sanitation agreement between Korea and Norway. On the same day, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety held a ceremony to celebrate the digital conversion of Korea-Norwegian seafood hygiene certificates at the residence of the Norwegian Embassy in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. The agreement was signed to strengthen the local safety management of Norwegian seafood imported into Korea and took effect in September 2021. The sanitary certificate is issued after checking the product name, quantity/weight, manufacturing facility name/location/registration number, etc. whenever it is exported. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety developed a computer system with the Norwegian Food Safety ...
Source: Fisheco
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