ACT ON TESTING AND INSPECTION IN THE FOOD AND DRUG INDUSTRY

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to ensure the reliability of tests and inspections by prescribing matters concerning testing and inspection on food and drugs, the management of testing and inspection laboratories, etc., and to contribute to the improvement of public health by contributing to facilitating the development of testing and inspection technology and to fostering and developing related industries.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Apr. 18, 2017>

1. The term "fields of food and drugs" means fields related to any of the following:

(a) Food (including functional health foods under the Health Functional Foods Act), food additives, appliances, containers, or packaging under the Food Sanitation Act;

(b) Livestock products under the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act;

(c) Pharmaceutical drugs, non-pharmaceutical items, traditional Korean medicine, and medicinal preparations under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act;

(d) Medical devices under the Medical Devices Act;

(e) Cosmetics and raw materials used in cosmetics under the Cosmetics Act;

(f) Hygiene products defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Hygiene Products Control Act;

2. The term "testing" means analyzing or measuring an object through physical, chemical, electrical, mechanical, hygienic, preparatory, biological, or microbiological methods;

3. The term "inspection" means inspection as to whether an object meets standards for ingredients, specifications, and other inspection standards;

4. The term "laboratory information management system" means an information system that collects data produced in a laboratory, stores such data electronically, and performs data receipt, transmission, analysis, and management.

ACT ON TESTING AND INSPECTION IN THE FOOD AND DRUG INDUSTRY

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Relationship to other statutes) #

Article 4(Master plans for development of testing and inspection) #

Article 5(Deliberative Committee on Development of Testing and Inspection) #

Article 6(Designation of Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 7(Validity Period of Designation of Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 8(Designation of Overseas Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 8-2(Validity Period of Designation of Overseas Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 9(Succession to Status of Testing and Inspection Laboratory) #

Article 9-2(Succession to effects of dispositions of administrative sanctions) #

Article 10(Revocation of Designation of Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 11(Procedures for testing and inspection) #

Article 12(Matters to Be Observed by Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 13(Designation of Exemplary Testing and Inspection Laboratories) #

Article 14(Establishment and operation of laboratory information management system) #

Article 15(Establishment of testing and inspection management system) #

Article 15-2(Designation and operation of National Reference Laboratory) #

Article 16(Evaluation and Management of Testing and Inspection Capability) #

Article 17(Education) #

Article 18(Educational institutions) #

Article 19(Closure) #

Article 20(Penalty surcharges) #

Article 21(Government subsidies) #

Article 22(Reporting and access) #

Article 22-2(Testing and inspecting evaluation instructor) #

Article 23(Cooperation from relevant agencies) #

Article 24(Fees) #

Article 25(Hearings) #

Article 26(Delegation of authority) #

Article 27(Legal fiction as public officials for purposes of applying penalty provisions) #

Article 28(Penalty provisions) #

Article 29(Joint penalty provisions) #

Article 30(Administrative fines) #