Safe Food Lens is an independent food label lookup app developed by a private developer. It is not a government app and does not represent any government agency or provide, act on behalf of, apply for, or process government services. This app has no affiliation, approval, delegation, sponsorship, or agency relationship with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the Public Data Portal, Food Safety Korea, Food QR, or any other government agencies or official services.
Key Features:
- Scan food barcodes or enter product name/ingredient text
- Assist in reading ingredient lists via on-device OCR
- Organizes reference hazard signals, allergy signals, recall/sales suspension signals, import ban signals, and pre-purchase check items based on current lookup results
- Displays the lookup time and data source on the results screen
- Optionally downloads an on-device AI model to generate reference explanations for the current results
Important Notice:
Safe Food Lens does not provide official safety ratings, medical advice, legal advice, or government judgments. The results in the app are reference information organized from publicly available data and user input for easy viewing. Food labels, packaging information, official announcements, and manufacturer guidelines may change over time, so please be sure to verify directly with official sources before purchasing or consuming.
Information Sources:
- Public Data Portal - Food Raw Material Information (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety):
https://www.data.go.kr/data/15058665/openapi.do
- Public Data Portal - Service on Ingredients Subject to Domestic Import Blocking for Food Purchased Directly from Overseas (Ministry of Food and Drug Safety):
https://www.data.go.kr/data/15132686/openapi.do
- Food Safety Korea - Recall/Suspension of Sales Information:
https://www.foodsafetykorea.go.kr/portal/fooddanger/suspension.do?menu_no=4408&menu_grp=MENU_NEW02
- Food QR Real-time Food Information Verification Service for the Public:
https://portal.foodqr.kr/mainView.do
Personal Information:
Camera permission is used only for scanning barcodes and food labels. GPS location information is not transmitted to a server, and even if necessary, it is processed temporarily only within the device and then deleted. For more details, please refer to the Privacy Policy:
https://programmers.pe.kr/privacy-policy-safebite-lens.html