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Importing Korean health supplements — by destination market

What a Korean MFDS approval does and does not carry into your market, and what has to be established locally. 8 markets.

Read this firstAn MFDS approval is a Korean regulatory fact. It is not a registration, a claim or a permission in your market. Each guide below describes the Korean side precisely and points to the local authority for the rest — confirm ingredient status and label wording with that authority before you order.

China

How to bring Korean health functional food into China: Blue Hat registration (注册) versus the simplified filing route (备案), the cross-border e-commerce channel and its positive list

Eaeu

What the Eurasian Economic Union requires to import Korean health functional food as BAD (biologically active additives): state registration certificate (SGR) from Rospotrebnadzor,

Gcc

What the Gulf states require to import Korean health functional food: MOHAP and Dubai Municipality registration in the UAE, SFDA registration in Saudi Arabia, GSO technical regulat

Indonesia

What Indonesia requires to import Korean health functional food as suplemen kesehatan: BPOM registration, the mandatory halal regime under BPJPH, importer licensing, Bahasa Indones

Japan

What Japan requires to import Korean health functional food: the food import notification under the Food Sanitation Act, PMD Act classification risk from dosage form and ingredient

Thailand

What Thailand requires to import Korean health functional food as a food supplement: manufacturer accreditation with the Thai FDA, the importer's Or.7 licence, document legali

United States

What the US requires to import Korean health functional food as dietary supplements: FDA food facility registration and biennial renewal, the importer's Foreign Supplier Verif

Vietnam

What Vietnam requires to import Korean health functional food as thực phẩm bảo vệ sức khỏe under Decree 46/2026: pre-market registration with the Vietnam Food Administration, the n

Before you contact a supplier

  1. Check the ingredient's Korean approval — is it notified or individually approved, and at what daily intake?
  2. Read the approval route terms — if it is individually approved, only the approval holder may use its wording.
  3. Check the manufacturing site's GMP designation — designation is to the site, not to the brand.
  4. Buyer FAQ — the questions that come up first.

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The underlying approval, GMP and reference-value data is published as open datasets under CC BY 4.0.

Approvals described here were issued by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea and are valid in South Korea only. They are not health claims in your jurisdiction and have not been evaluated by the FDA, EFSA, or any other authority. This page reports regulatory facts and does not recommend any product.