South Korea: Salmon imports increasingly become more transnational

It was found that salmon imported into Korea is not only from Norway and Chile, but also from China and Thailand. The salmon that arrived this way is distributed nationwide through fishing companies and large supermarkets. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's Imported Food Information Maru, among the 69 imported salmon manufacturers located overseas, three are Asian countries, including China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Overseas manufacturing facilities refer to facilities located overseas that produce, manufacture, process, process, package, and store imported foods, etc. Foreign manufacturers wishing to export to Korea must register with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Importers who report imports using information registered in a false or unfair manner will be subject to administrative action (business suspension). Among Asian countries, salmon from Thailand was imported the most. In the past year, 15 tons of goods have been received. Salmon imported ...