Food Subdivision Business Report: Procedure and Facility Standards — Items Prohibited from Subdivision and Labeling

Procedure

1. 1. Checking the items to be subdivided

   First check whether the food you plan to subdivide is an item that may be subdivided. Some items, such as canned and bottled products and retort foods, are prohibited from subdivision, so if you start facility construction before fixing the list of items, you may have to redo it.

2. 2. Setting up the subdivision room and storage facilities

   The standards for workplaces of the food manufacturing and processing business apply to the subdivision room. Install subdivision and packaging facilities, storage facilities for raw materials and finished products, and washing and disinfection facilities, and separate the clean zone from the general zone. If tap water is not used, the water supply facility must meet the drinking water quality standards.

3. 3. Completing sanitation education

   A new business operator must receive food sanitation education before filing the business report. The method and hours of education are set by type of business, so check at the time of application.

4. 4. Business report and on-site verification

   Submit the business report form and attachments to the city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office having jurisdiction over the place of business. The business report certificate is issued without delay. Where the facilities need to be verified, the official in charge checks the site within 15 days after issuance, and if the standards are not met, you are inspected again after making corrections.

5. 5. Selling with the required labeling

   Subdivided products must be labeled with the product name, ingredients, use-by date, storage method, information on the subdivision business, allergens and other items. Regular inspections continue after opening, so keep up the subdivision records and labeling management.

Required documents

• Food subdivision business report form
• Certificate of completion of sanitation education
• Proof of the right to use the place of business, such as the building register and lease contract
• Floor plan of the place of business (showing the partitioning of the subdivision room and storage facilities)
• Drinking water quality test report (if tap water is not used)
• List of items to be subdivided and information on the original products

Fees

The business report fee is paid separately to the government office. In the industry, fees for filing the report on your behalf are in the range of several hundred thousand won and vary with the scope of reviewing the subdivision room partitioning and preparing drawings. We will advise you after a consultation based on the condition of the place of business and the items to be subdivided.

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Legal basis and review date

• Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 25
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 38
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, attached Table 14
• Food Sanitation Act, Article 41
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 42
• Act on Labeling and Advertising of Foods, Article 4

Checked against the statutes on 2026-09-30

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

• Before the lease contract and interior work, first check the building use and whether a subdivision room can be partitioned.

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