{"topic_id":"CROSS_BORDER_LABEL_COMPLIANCE_MATRIX","category":"intl-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: CROSS_BORDER_LABEL_COMPLIANCE_MATRIX\ncategory: intl-2026\ntitle: \"Cross-border pet-food label-compliance matrix (SA/KR/JP/CA/UK/FR first-hand label rules)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Compilation of first-hand pet-food labelling statutes/regulations for SA/KR/JP/CA/UK/FR (verbatim clauses, see source_file)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/intl-2026/cross_border_label_matrix_sources.txt\nsource_type: compiled_firsthand_regulations\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 600\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 12\nsource_document: \"First-hand labelling clauses compiled from SA Feed Act (SFDA lawFeedE.pdf), KR Feed Management Act (법령ID 001499), JP Pet Food Safety Act (lawid 420AC0000000083), CA Feeds Regulations 2024 (SOR/2024-132), UK/EU Reg (EC) 767/2009 + 1831/574, FR agriculture.gouv.fr Alimentation animale\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"SA SFDA / KR MAFRA / JP MAFF+MoE / CA CFIA / UK (retained EU law) / FR Min. Agriculture\"\n  title: \"Cross-border pet-food label-compliance matrix (SA/KR/JP/CA/UK/FR first-hand label rules)\"\n  url: \"https://petforai.com\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"Compiled verbatim label clauses from the 6 jurisdiction first-hand sources on disk (pdf-raw/intl-2026/cross_border_label_matrix_sources.txt)\"\n  doc_type: \"compilation of first-hand statute/regulation text (C1 substring-verified against the originals)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Cross-border pet-food label-compliance matrix (SA/KR/JP/CA/UK/FR)\n\nCompiled for the cross-border / e-commerce compliance use case (\"跨境电商/代购/法规师 靠 AI 算标签合规\"). Each row is a **verbatim, C1 substring-verified** clause drawn from that jurisdiction's first-hand pet-food labelling statute/regulation. This is a synthesis topic: the claims are substrings of the original first-hand texts, compiled into `pdf-raw/intl-2026/cross_border_label_matrix_sources.txt` so every claim stays checkable against first-hand source.\n\n> **TH (Thailand) excluded:** the primary Animal Feed Control Act B.E.2558 (2015) is unreachable (HTTP 403 local; 121-char shell via relay), and the available DLD AFVC report contains no labelling provision — TH P2 (labelling) is honestly pending.\n\n## Matrix — mandatory pet-food label requirements by jurisdiction\n\n**🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (SFDA Feed Act & Regulation)**\n- Technical Standards are mandatory documents describing feed characteristics, production/manufacturing methods and regulatory information, **including expressions, symbols, and feed-related labelling, and packaging requirements**.\n- Advertisement material **must be consistent with the information on the product label**.\n\n**🇰🇷 South Korea (Feed Management Act, 본법 제13조)**\n- Manufacturers/importers/sellers must mark on the container or packaging the **registered-composition particulars, expiry date, and other usage-precautions** as prescribed by MAFRA Ordinance.\n- Marking particulars must **not be falsely or exaggeratingly marked**.\n\n**🇯🇵 Japan (Pet Food Safety Act)**\n- The Ministers may, by ordinance, **set labelling standards** for pet food and **specify ingredient standards** (to prevent harm to pet health).\n- Sale of pet food **without a conforming label** is prohibited.\n\n**🇨🇦 Canada (Feeds Regulations, 2024 — SOR/2024-132)**\n- Any manufactured/sold/imported feed **must bear a label**.\n- The label must contain the **feed name, manufacturer/registrant name & address, an identification code, and the net amount** (plus guaranteed analysis / directions / registration no. / cautions as applicable).\n\n**🇬🇧 United Kingdom (retained EU law — Reg (EC) 767/2009)**\n- Reg (EC) 178/2002 (food/feed safety, labelling, traceability) applies **mutatis mutandis to pet food**.\n- Pet-food labels must show a **free telephone number (or equivalent)** so purchasers can get additive/feed-material information.\n\n**🇫🇷 France (EU Reg 767/2009 as applied nationally)**\n- The animal-feed sector is regulated and **covers labelling (étiquetage)**.\n- Reg (EC) 767/2009 requires feed on the market be sound/unadulterated/fair/fit-for-purpose/merchantable and **governs the labelling, packaging and presentation** of feed materials and compound feed.\n\n### Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — 12/12)\n- 🇸🇦 `Technical Standards: mandatory documents, which describe the characteristics of feeds, their production and manufacturing methods, and any relevant regulatory information, including expressions, symbols, and feed-related labeling, and packaging requirements.`\n- 🇸🇦 `The data contained in the advertisement material shall be consistent with the information included on the label of the product.`\n- 🇰🇷 `제조업자ㆍ수입업자 또는 판매업자는 제조 또는 수입한 사료를 판매하려는 경우에는 용기나 포장에 성분등록을 한 사항, 유통기한, 그 밖의 사용상 주의사항 등 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 사항을 표시하여야 한다.`\n- 🇰🇷 `제조업자ㆍ수입업자 또는 판매업자는 제1항에 따른 표시사항을 거짓으로 표시하거나 과장하여 표시하여서는 아니 된다.`\n- 🇯🇵 `농林水産大臣及び環境大臣は、愛がん動物用飼料の使用が原因となって、愛がん動物の健康が害されることを防止する見地から、農林水産省令・環境省令で、愛がん動物用飼料の製造の方法若しくは表示につき基準を定め、又は愛がん動物用飼料の成分につき規格を定めることができる。`\n- 🇯🇵 `当該基準に合う表示がない愛がん動物用飼料を販売すること。`\n- 🇨🇦 `Any feed that is manufactured, sold or imported must have a label affixed to it or to a package containing it or, if the feed is sold in bulk, on a document accompanying it.`\n- 🇨🇦 `Subject to subsection (4), the label referred to in subsections 44(1) and (2) must contain (a) the name of the feed, in compliance with sections 50 and 51; (b) the name and address of the person who manufactured the feed, or caused it to be manufactured, or, if any, the registrant; (c) an identification code; (d) the net amount of the feed`\n- 🇬🇧 `Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to feed for non-food producing animals.`\n- 🇬🇧 `On the label of pet food a free telephone number or other appropriate means of communication shall be indicated in order to allow the purchaser to obtain information in addition to the mandatory particulars on:`\n- 🇫🇷 `Le secteur de l’alimentation animale est régi par un ensemble de textes réglementaires qui couvrent, entre autres, l’hygiène des établissements, la mise sur le marché des aliments et leur étiquetage.`\n- 🇫🇷 `Le règlement (CE) n°767/2009 impose notamment que les aliments pour animaux mis sur le marché soient sains, non altérés, loyaux, adaptés à leur usage et de qualité marchande. Il encadre également l’étiquetage des matières premières et aliments composés, ainsi que l’utilisation de ces aliments pour animaux, leur conditionnement et leur présentation.`\n","sources":["International standards (AAFCO / FEDIAF / WSAVA) — Cross-border pet-food label-compliance matrix (SA/KR/JP/CA/UK/FR first-hand label rules) (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"International standards (AAFCO / FEDIAF / WSAVA)","title":"Cross-border pet-food label-compliance matrix (SA/KR/JP/CA/UK/FR first-hand label rules)","url":"https://petforai.com","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"First-hand labelling clauses compiled from SA Feed Act (SFDA lawFeedE.pdf), KR Feed Management Act (법령ID 001499), JP Pet Food Safety Act (lawid 420AC0000000083), CA Feeds Regulations 2024 (SOR/2024-132), UK/EU Reg (EC) 767/2009 + 1831/574, FR agriculture.gouv.fr Alimentation animale","verification_file":"pdf-raw/intl-2026/cross_border_label_matrix_sources.txt"},"source_document":"First-hand labelling clauses compiled from SA Feed Act (SFDA lawFeedE.pdf), KR Feed Management Act (법령ID 001499), JP Pet Food Safety Act (lawid 420AC0000000083), CA Feeds Regulations 2024 (SOR/2024-132), UK/EU Reg (EC) 767/2009 + 1831/574, FR agriculture.gouv.fr Alimentation animale","source_file":"pdf-raw/intl-2026/cross_border_label_matrix_sources.txt","tokens_estimated":600,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}