How to Register a Food Manufacturing and Processing Business — Facility Standards, Item Manufacturing Report and Mandatory HACCP Items

Procedure

1. 1. Decide the business type and the products

   First decide the products to be made and how they will be sold. Whether registration is required and which facility standards apply depend on whether the business is an instant sale manufacturing and processing business that sells directly to consumers or a food manufacturing and processing business that also supplies and distributes. Also check at this stage whether the product is an item subject to mandatory HACCP.

2. 2. Check the location before signing the factory contract

   Use the use category in the building register, the land use plan confirmation certificate and the floor plan to see whether a food factory can be located there. The septic tank capacity and the drainage structure should also be checked. If you do not check before the contract, you can end up paying rent on a building where registration is not possible.

3. 3. Design the workplace partitioning and flow lines

   Divide the spaces for raw material storage, pre-treatment, manufacturing, packaging and finished product storage, and arrange them so that the flow from raw materials coming in to finished products going out runs in one direction. Finish the floor and walls so that they can be washed with water, and install ventilation, drainage, and refrigeration and freezing facilities. For a mandatory HACCP item, include the separation of general and clean zones in the drawings from the start so that the construction work is not done twice.

4. 4. Sanitation education and registration application

   The business operator receives food sanitation education in advance, and the employees undergo a health examination. When the registration application and the facility materials are submitted to the competent city, county or district office, the registration certificate is issued after an on-site check. Include in the schedule the time needed to correct points raised on site.

5. 5. Item manufacturing report

   For each product, file an item manufacturing report with the manufacturing method statement attached, before production starts or within 7 days after it starts. The manufacturing method statement describes the process from receipt of raw materials through weighing, mixing, heating, filling, packaging and storage, and this process must match the actual flow lines of the workplace.

Required documents

• Application for registration of food manufacturing and processing business
• Workplace floor plan and facility layout plan
• Building register and lease contract
• Certificate of completion of food sanitation education
• Health examination results of employees
• Drinking water quality test report (when water other than tap water is used)
• Item manufacturing report and manufacturing method statement (for each product)

Fees

Agency fees for food manufacturing and processing business registration and item manufacturing reports generally range in the industry from several hundred thousand won up to the 1,000,000 won range and vary with the drawing review, the number of products and whether HACCP preparation is included. Public charges such as the registration and license tax are separate. We will tell you the fee after a consultation, based on your products and factory conditions.

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Legal basis and review date

• Food Sanitation Act, Article 37, paragraphs (5) and (6)
• Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 21
• Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 26-2
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 45
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 62
• Food Sanitation Act, Article 41

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-02

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Have the drawings reviewed before interior construction work to reduce the cost of rework.
• After registration, file an additional item manufacturing report each time you add a product.

Frequently asked questions