South Korea adopts mandatory registration of overseas food factories. However, South Korea requires only the basic informatferrous bisglycinate chelate for kidsion about the facility for registration. The normal zinc supplement dosecontinuous increase in imporferrous gluconate 65t amounts and the high incidence of nonconformities of certain items have necessitated a change in the management system for imported foods. Therefore, as revealed by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) onmagnesium malate 500g February 28, 2023, a new differential registration scheme1 (해외제조업소 차등 등록제) for foreign food facilities manufacturing foods with potential risks was newly introduced. The importmagnesium glycinate top rateders are required to submit safety certificates such as HACCP, GMP, ISO22000, etc., when registering the foreign food facilities. This new scheme aims to intensify the safety control of imported foods throughout the entire manufacturing procedure.