Editing Kimchi (section)

==== 1996 kimchi standard dispute with Japan ====
In 1996, Korea protested against Japanese commercial production of kimchi arguing that the Japanese-produced product (''[[wikt:kimuchi|kimuchi]]'', {{lang|ja|[[wikt:キムチ|キムチ]]}}) was different from kimchi. In particular, Japanese kimchi was not fermented and was more similar to [[asazuke]]. Korea lobbied for an international standard from the [[Codex Alimentarius]], an organization associated with the World Health Organization that defines voluntary standards for food preparation for international trade purposes.<ref name="LAT" /><ref name="NYT">{{Cite news|last=Sims|first=Calvin|date=5 February 2000|title=Cabbage Is Cabbage? Not to Kimchi Lovers; Koreans Take Issue With a Rendition Of Their National Dish Made in Japan|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/05/business/cabbage-cabbage-not-kimchi-lovers-koreans-take-issue-with-rendition-their.html|access-date=2 January 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114051915/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/05/business/cabbage-cabbage-not-kimchi-lovers-koreans-take-issue-with-rendition-their.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, the Codex Alimentarius published a voluntary standard defining kimchi as "a fermented food that uses salted napa cabbages as its main ingredient mixed with seasonings, and goes through a lactic acid production process at a low temperature", but which neither specified a minimum amount of fermentation nor forbade the use of any additives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Codex standard for kimchi|url=http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/365/CXS_223e.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212095607/http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/365/CXS_223e.pdf|archive-date=12 December 2005|publisher=The Codex Alimentarius Commission}}</ref> Following the inclusion of the kimchi standard, kimchi exports in Korea did increase, but so did the production of kimchi in China and the import of Chinese kimchi into Korea.<ref name=":8" />