GCA | Korea KC Mark Certification

KC Mark Safety certified products must display the KC mark on the product or packaging. The KC mark must be marked on the product or its packaging so that it can be easily recognized, and methods such as sticking, printing, or engraving can be used to prevent it from falling off. The method of displaying safety certificates, safety standards, and matters prescribed by the Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards shall be in Korean. However, in the case of electrical appliances, it may be written in Korean or English. The design color of the safety certification light is black in principle, but complementary colors can be used. It can be used after the approval letter is issued. 👉 Contact GCA Tel. +82-31-360-8180 Email: forest.lee@gca-kr.com GCA Global Website

  Baby Food The MFDS said it will conduct intensive inspections from March 11 to 15, targeting a total of 1,600 companies that manufacture processed foods mainly consumed by children. The inspections will cover manufacturers of baby food for infants and toddlers, food labeled and marketed for consumption by infants and toddlers, dried foods that children often snack on (such as dried apples, pears, strawberries, tangerines, sweet potatoes, etc.), and chocolate, candy, and beverages that are favorites of children. The main inspections include standards for labeling raw materials and contents, standards for storing and using expired or unmarked raw materials, workplace hygiene management, documentation of production and raw material payments, medical examinations, and compliance with the use of sanitary hats and masks. Additionally, along with the inspection, there are plans to randomly collect around 100 processed food items and conduct tests for criteria and specifications. The MFDS pl

Application and processing procedures for safety certification of electrical appliances   Application and processing procedures for safety certification of electrical appliances The safety certification system is a system in which a person who manufactures an electrical appliance subject to safety certification or who intends to export an electrical appliance manufactured in a foreign country to Korea must obtain safety certification for each model of the electrical appliance subject to safety certification from a safety certification organization before the product is shipped (domestic manufacturing) or before customs clearance (imported products). The application and processing procedures for safety certification are as follows.   1. Apply for safety certification with required documents 2. Submission to the certification body 3. Inspection after review of documents (supplementary inspection and resubmission) 4. Issuance and delivery of certificate after inspection 👉 Conta

  Improved Korean medical device import declaration The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Korea Customs Service have announced that the Medical Device Standard Pre-Clearance Notification, a pre-approval process required for importing medical devices, will become easier from 29 February. Previously, the complainant had to manually enter 13 types of medical device licence information to the Korea Customs Service for the standardised pre-clearance notification of medical devices, but in the future, the information will be automatically entered by sharing the information with the Korea Medical Device Industry Association. The improvements are the result of five months of inter-ministerial co-operation to make it quicker and more convenient for importers to import medical devices, which will help ensure a smooth supply of medical devices. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and Korea Customs Service (KCS) have announced plans to expand the simplification of standardised custo

KC EMC | Conformity Assessment Change Notice For KC EMC certified products, even if components or other aspects are changed, a change notification without retesting based on the EMC compatibility assessment criteria is possible in the following cases. 1. If functionality in use is blocked or deleted using software without any hardware changes 2. In the case of changes related to electromagnetic compatibility criteria as listed below  - If resistors, inductors, and capacitors are replaced with components of the same type.  - If diodes, including light-emitting diodes, have been substituted with diodes of the same type.  - If the electrical circuit remains the same and the power capacity is reduced.  - If components of a certified product are removed.  - If a certified equivalent component with the same functionality is substituted for a computer's built-in component. 3. In the case of changes related to the criteria for application in the wireless field as outlined below  - When sub

Energy consumption efficiency rating label. Notice Regarding Introduction and Management of Efficiency Management Equipment   n   Introduction of new items -       Clothing care appliances : New introduction and management for minimum energy efficiency standards (scheduled to be implemented on July 1, 2025).   n   Strengthening energy consumption efficiency standards -       Electric rice cookers : Upward revision of minimum energy efficiency standards and efficiency grade criteria, improvement of efficiency measurement standards (scheduled to be implemented on January 1, 2025). -       Electric fan heaters : Strengthening of minimum energy efficiency standards, changes in labeling requirements (from power consumption to heating efficiency) (scheduled to be implemented on January 1, 2025).   n   Transfer of efficiency management system -       Bidets : Application of energy efficiency grades, establishment of standards for measuring power consumption in operation modes such as cleaning

Notice of Administrative Preannouncement for the Revision of Operating Guidelines for Management of Conformity Assessment Notice of Administrative Preannouncement for the Revision of Operating Guidelines for Management of Conformity Assessment   -       Certification bodies that have obtained recognition from accreditation bodies are excluded from public bodies. -       Deletion of content related to the operation guidelines of the Korea Accreditation System (KAS) following the integration with the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS). -       Reflecting the introduction of new accreditation areas (such as biobanks, planning verification, and result verification) and harmonizing terminology definitions with the KOLAS operation guidelines (such as proficiency testing operation and product certification). -       Resetting the review cycle to every three years.   Gathering opinions until March 15, 2024.   👉 Contact GCA Tel. +82-31-360-8180 Email: forest.lee@gc