Korea: On Feb.19, 2001, the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry issued a press release on an enforcement plan on biotech labeling for unprocessed soybeans, corn and bean sprouts. MAF will focus on educating and guiding the domestic industry that improperly label products during the six months of the new regulation, rather than penalizing. However, MAF will start to collect samples and test for biotech ingredients beginning March 1. And, it will impose penalties against businesses that intentionally falsely mislabel.

Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAF)’s plan to give a six-month interim enforcement of labeling requirement period for unprocessed agricultural commodities, enhanced through biotechnology (hereinafter refer to as “biotech ag. commodity”) on March 1, 2001. The newspapers quoted a press release issued by MAF on Feb. 19 as a source of information. News articles reported a market rumor that MAF would postpone enforcement of labeling requirements for biotech ag. commodities for six months.

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