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Certification of environment-friendly fishery products

Certification of environment-friendly fishery products

What is an Environment-Friendly certificate?
  • Certification system for producers who produce fishery products (organic, or antibiotic/activator free) obtained from environment-friendly fishery, uses organic fishery products as an ingredient or raw material to produce, process and distribute the products, or handle (such as packaging) certified products.
What is an Environment-Friendly fishery?
  • Fishery production industry that either does not use or minimizes the use of antibiotics, antibacterial agents, or chemical materials to keep the fishery ecosystem healthy and increase the diversity of organisms.
Legal basis
  • Act on the Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agricultural and Fisheries and the Management of and Support for Organic Foods window_icon
  • Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agricultural and Fisheries and the Management of and Support for Organic Foods window_icon
  • Enforcement Rules of the Act on the Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agricultural and Fisheries and the Management of and Support for Organic Foods window_icon
  • Foreign organic processed foods that can be used as an ingredient for another organic processed food (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) notification) window_icon
  • Recognition of equivalence and management instruction on organic processed food (National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (NFQS) notification) window_icon
  • Designation and management guideline of Certification Bodies where organic fishery product certifications are issued (NFQS notification) window_icon
  • Detailed Pratictical Guideline on certification of organic fishery product window_icon
Certification target(Detailed implementation instruction 4 on certification of organic fishery product)
  • 1
    Organic fishery product: Cultivated fishery product that are produced for consumption
  • 2
    Organic processed food: Any produced, processed, and distributed food using organic fishery product as the raw materials or ingredients
  • 3
    Antibiotic-free fishery products: Fishery product (except for seaweeds) produced from land-based fish farming in accordance with Inland Water Fishery Enforcement Act Article 9.1(5) of Fisheries Act Enforcement Decree 27
  • 4
    Activator-free fishery product : laver, sea mustard, hijiki, kelp, dried laver, dried sea mustard, salted sea mustard
  • 5
    Handler certification: Packaged certified product that was from purchasing 1-4 of certified products above, and packaged in different packaging unit

Certification Process

Certification application and process
  • - Applicant (personal, corporation, or organization) who is requesting for certification shall submit certificate application and additional documents to NFQS regional office or designated certification bodies
Certification application and process picture
Application form
Additional documents
  • - Certified Product Production Plan (Attached Form 4) download icon or Certified Product Manufacture/Processing and Handling Plan (Attached Form 5) download icon
  • Management-related documents (Attached Table 4) download icon
  • Map indicating the boundaries of the business site
  • Drawings specifying the structure and purpose of work site related to production, manufacture/processing and handling (applecable only when there are work site)
Fees
  • Fee payment in accordance with Enforcement Decree 46 on the Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agricultural and Fisheries and the Management of and Support for Organic Foods download icon
Certification Bodies
  • Regional offices of the NFQS
  • Designated certification bodies
Certification bodies - Designated certification bodies
Designated number Designated date Certification body name Representative Location Certification scope Certification Regulation
101 2020.10.30 Institute of Hadong Green Tea Jongchul Kim 3748-14 Seomjingang-daero, Hwagae Organic fishery product, Organic processed food, antibiotic-free download icon
myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea fishery product, activator-free fishery product
102 2020.10.30 Wecert, LLC. Eunmi Na #404 - 63 Neungnadong-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do South Korea Organic fishery product, Organic processed food, antibiotic-free fishery product, activator-free fishery product download icon
103 2022.08.12 Control Union Korea Sungkyung Gye #901 - 66 Seongsui-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul Capital City, South Korea Organic fishery product, Organic processed food download icon
104 2023.05.23 Organic T&C Jongheon Kim, Jungja Hwang #311 - 363 Galmae-ro, Sejong Special Self-governing City, South Korea Organic fishery product, Organic processed food, antibiotic-free fishery product, activator-free fishery product download icon
Certification criteria
  • Certification criteria of the organic food (producer, manufacturer, processor, or handler) download icon
  • Certification criteria of the antibiotic-free/activator-free fishery product (producer, handler) download icon
  • Category of permitted substances download icon
Certificate assessment
  • Document check and on-site inspection will be audited by certificate evaluator to check whether it is adequate download icon
Notice of assessment result and issuance of the certification
  • Passing examination
    Certificate issuance of Rule Attached Form 7 download icon or Rule Attached Form 8 download icon
  • Failing examination
    Reassessment can be requested only once within 7 days download icon

Certification Mark

Display seal
  • The word “Organic food” may be substituted to “Organic Processed Food” or “Organic Fishery Product” depending on the type of the product
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Display words
Display words
Type Display words
Organic fishery product Organic food, organic fishery product, organic farmed fishery product, organic ⭘⭘, or organic farmed ⭘⭘
Organic processed food Organic food, organic processed food, or organic ⭘⭘
Antibiotic-free fishery product Antibiotic-free, antibiotic-free fishery product, antibiotic-free ⭘⭘, or antibiotic-free farmed ⭘⭘
Activator-free fishery product Activator-free, activator-free fishery product, activator-free ⭘⭘, activator-free farmed ⭘⭘
  • Replace ⭘⭘ with the common name of the fishery product

Follow-up Management

Follow-up Management method for certified product download icon
  • Production process investigation (once or twice every 6 months)
    • Whether management-related documents is being recorded
    • Whether shipping detail of certified product is present, and indication of certified product is adequate
    • Whether prohibited substance was bought, stored or used, and implementation plan was executed
    • Whether other certification standards are being followed
  • Distribution process investigation (once every 6 months)
    • Whether indication of certified product is adequate, and purchase history is matching with sale history
    • Whether shipment actually happened in place of production, and certification suspended/canceled products are being distributed
    • Whether non-certified products are mixed with the certified products
  • Unannounced investigation
    Whether production/distribution is adequate to certification standard, and certification indication is adequate

Renewal Or Extension of Certification

Renewal Or Extension of Certification picture
  • Application form for renewal or extension of certification (producer download icon , processor/manufacturer or handler download icon)
    • Renewal: want to maintain certification after expiration date
    • Extension: do not want to renew the certificate, but unable to finish the shipment within the expiration date
  • Application form for certification change approval download icon or reissuance of certification
    • Certification change approval application: reduction in scale of certified facility, or change in certified facility name, address, or other condition
    • Reissuance of certification: certification is either lost or worn out