On June 9, according to Korean media reports, when chairing the Food Safety Policy Committee, South Korean Prime Minister Jung Sye Kyun said: The South Korean government decided to unify the different food safety standards in China, Japan and South Korea to eliminate non-tariff barriers to food and improve the fragile food culture easy to be affected by the infectious diseases in COVID-19.

The dietary habits and production environment in China, Japan and South Korea are similar, and food market scale is accounting for 28% of world market, probably affecting Asian and even the global market greatly. However, due to different food safety standards, each country has difficulty in the food industry such as unqualified export products.

Thus, South Korea will promote coordination and unification of food safety management system in South Korea, China and Japan through “One-Asia food safety project”, and finally formulate universal standards in the three countries so as to eliminate non-tariff barrier of food and meanwhile strengthen food safety.

Therefore, the South Korean government plans to establish the "Food Safety Management Association" for China, Japan and South Korea this year. It will formulate the "Integrated Plan for Food Safety Management Standards" in 2021 and will develop the "Comprehensive Standards for Food Safety Management" in 2022, while improving the level of food safety management.