The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS; ), formerly known as the Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA; ), is a

government agency A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...

responsible for promoting public health by ensuring the safety and effectiveness of foods, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetics as well as supporting the food and pharmaceutical industry in

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. The main goal is to offer people safe foods and drugs. The headquarters are located in the Osong Health Technology Administration Complex in

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. MFDS is a regulatory member of the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH).

History

In April 1996, Korea Food and Drug Safety and its six regional offices were established. In 1998, it was raised to the status of administration (Korea Food & Drug Administration). In 2004, the organization was restructured with the creation of the Medical Devices Management Division and Bioproduct Technical Support Division. In March 2013, the organization was again restructured and elevated to a ministry.

List of ministers

Park Jong-sei Park Jong-sei (born 1943), also spelled Park Jong-se, is a South Korean chemistry researcher and former government official. He rose to worldwide notice during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul for his role in detecting Ben Johnson's steroid use ...

, 1998–1999 *Huh Kun, 1999-2000 *Yang Gyuhwan, 2000-2002 *Lee Youngsoon, 2002-2003 *Shim Changkoo, 2003-2004 *Kim Chungsook, 2004-2006 *Moon Changjin, 2006-2007 *Kim Myunghyun, 2007-2008 *Yun Yeopyo, 2008-2010 *Noh Yunhong, 2010-2011 *Lee Heesung, 2011-2013 *Chung Seung, 2013-2015 *Kim Seunghee, 2015-2016 *Sohn Mungi, 2016-2017 *Ryu Youngjin, 2017-2019 *

Lee Eui-Kyung Lee Eui-kyung (; born 14 December 1962) is a South Korean professor of pharmacy at Sungkyunkwan University who has previously served as President Moon Jae-in's Minister of Food and Drug Safety from 2019 to 2020. Education Lee holds three de ...

, 2019-2020 *

Kim Ganglip Kim Gang-lip (; born 9 November 1965) is a South Korean government official served as Minister of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) from 2020 to 2022 and Vice Minister of Health and Welfare (MOHW) from 2019 to 2020 under President Moon Jae-in. After ...

, 2020-

References

External links

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History

List of ministers

See also

References

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