The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Taiwan increase inspection of imported chili

Published Mar 27, 2024

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The Republic of Korea and Taiwan have intensified their inspection protocols for imported chili, including those from Việt Nam, to ensure the safety and quality of these products. South Korea, through its Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, is specifically scrutinizing Vietnamese chili for seven pesticide residues until March 30, 2025, with eight approved laboratories in Việt Nam supporting these efforts. Concurrently, Taiwan has ramped up its inspection of all imported chili, especially after detecting banned substances in shipments from China, leading to a ban on chili imports from certain companies in China, Việt Nam, Thailand, and Mexico. These measures are in response to a significant increase in Việt Nam's chili exports, which surged by 34.5% to US$72 million in 2023.

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The Republic of Korea (RoK) and Taiwan have increased the inspection on imported chili, including from Việt Nam, with aims to ensure safety and quality of these food items entering the markets. The Việt Nam Trade Office in RoK said that it has received a notice from the South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) about the re-designation of imported food that must be inspected when entering this market due to high rates of nonconformity. Accordingly, chili products from Việt Nam will be subject to inspection, including cayenne, capsicum, chili pepper, red pepper, tabasco, for the residues of seven pesticides including diniconazole, tolfenpyrad, tricyclazole, permethrin, dimethoate, isoprothiolane and metominostrobin. MFDS will extend the inspection order from March 30, 2024 to March 30, 2025 due to imported foods continuously failing to comply with standards and specifications. Importers must have testing results from MFDS’s approved labs in order to import into RoK. As ...

Source: WTOCenter