South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs published on September 27 a notice regarding amendments to its current Environment-Friendly Agriculture Promotion Act (EFAFA) andthe Food Industry Promotion Act (FIPA) concerning the accreditation system for organic certification bodies.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11271/
The amended contents announced in the notice are as follows: 1.The previous standardrequired two auditors for on-site accreditation assessments; after the amendment, 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 amendment, 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.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11271/
The content currently being amended is the provision in the Food Industry Promotion Act (FIPA) requiring certification bodies to have at least three full-time inspectors. The amended act will repeal this provision and instead adopt the relevant provisions of ISO 65 to regulate inspectors. Following the relevant review procedures, this amendment will be published in October.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11271/