South Korea's Standards and Specifications for Food Additives

How it is arranged

• Part III — the item-by-item list of designated additives, in sections: general food additives, processing aids, nutrient fortifiers, mixed preparations, and sanitisers for utensils and packaging.
• Part IV — the compositional specifications of each additive; Part II — the general standards that apply to every additive.
• Issued as a public notification under Article 7 of the Food Sanitation Act. A version applies from its effective date, not its publication date: on 3 October 2026 Notice No. 2025-76 is in force and Notice No. 2026-50, published in July 2026, takes effect on 1 January 2028.

What this site takes from it

Part III's single-substance entries, matched to pages by CAS number, then INS number, then exact name, and the standards for use kept in the Korean they are written in.

And what it does not

Mixed preparations, sanitisers for utensils and packaging, Parts II and IV, and any amendment not yet in force. An absence of a South Korea row says nothing about South Korea's rules.

Provenance

• kr South Korea: Standards and Specifications for Food Additives (식품첨가물의 기준 및 규격), MFDS Notification, Part III — Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (식품의약품안전처), through the National Law Information Center (국가법령정보센터, law.go.kr). Not protected by copyright: Article 7 of the Copyright Act of Korea excludes notices and public notifications issued by the national government. The National Law Information Center states that its legal information may be used freely, commercial use included, under the Act on the Provision and Use of Public Data, and that it has no legal effect: the Official Gazette (관보) prevails; retrieved 2026-10-18.

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