National Fishery Products Quality Management Service

The term "LMO(Living Modified Organism)" means any living organism, which possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the application of the following modern biotechnology:
- Techniques which artificially recombine genes or directly inject nucleic acids comprising a gene into cells organelles :
- Techniques which are the fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family, and overcome natural physiological reproductive or recombination barriers and are not used in the traditional breeding and selection.
LMO (Living Modified Organism), GMO (Genetically Modified Organism; generally referring to edible materials)

Worse global conditions and change in the marine environment caused limits in fishing and aquaculture industry. Under the circumstances, increasing demands for new fish and fishery products have led the gradual development of LMO fishery products
Various pieces of research on LM fishery products including in rapid growth, tolerance to diseases have caused several attempts of genetic modification for over 35 species including rainbow trout, salmon, tilapia and fluorescent fish
AquaBounty Technologies, an American-Canadian joint venture, is waiting for the USFDA to commercially approve of its invented rapid-growing Atlantic salmon. Also, the US and Taiwan invented fluorescent fish sold now in Asia
Korea successfully developed rapid-growing Chinese muddy loach, but it is not commercialized.

Importer/expoter
Provide references to evaluate risk
National Fisheries Research &
Development Institute (NFRDI)
Decide to approve import and production by evaluating the hazardous level to human and environment

A dedicated person should be appointed for management register
LMO fishery products should be dealt with separately from non-LM fishery products in production and distribution
Requirements given from approval should be met

Certification bodies - Designated certification bodies
Type	Content
Object	Approved LM products
Obligator for labelling	Developer, producer, and importer (Article 24 of the Act)
Requirements	Name, type, purpose and features Directions for handling Details including name, address of developer, producer, exporter, importer, etc
Example	Name	Salmon
	Type	Fish
	Purpose	Vessel
	Feature	Rapid-grow
	Directions for handling	Keep it apart from other fish
	Developer	○○○○
	Contact number	○○-○○○○-○○○○
	Developer address	○○○○
	Importer	○○○
	Contact number	○○-○○○-○○○○
	Importer address	○○○○○
Penalty	One involved with false or no labelling will be given a sentence of up to a year or a ₩ 20 million fine

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