South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs issued a notice on September 27 regarding revisions to its current Environment-Friendly Agriculture Promotion Act (EFAFA) andthe Food Industry Promotion Act (FIPA) concerning the accreditation system for organic certification bodies.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11271/
The revised contents announced in the notice are as follows: 1.The previous standardrequired 2 auditors for on-site accreditation assessments; after the revision, there is no limit on the number of on-site auditors; 2. For matters not covered by the current standards and regulations related to the accreditation system for organic certification bodies, the relevant provisions of ISO 65 shall apply; 3. The previous standard required that all documents submitted by certification bodies applying for accreditation be in Korean; after the revision, only the basic documents are required to be in Korean (the scope of basic documents has not been specified), while other supporting documents may be in English.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11271/
The content currently being revised is the provision in the Food Industry Promotion Act (FIPA) requiring certification bodies to have at least 3 full-time inspectors. The revised act will abolish this provision and instead adopt the relevant provisions of ISO 65 for the management of inspectors. After going through the relevant review procedures, this revision will be published in October.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11271/