{"topic_id":"KR_imported_petfood_registration","category":"korea","context":"Imported pet food sold in Korea is subject to two parallel tracks. (1) Feed ingredient registration under the Feed Management Act (Article 12) per the Feed Standards and Specifications (사료 등의 기준 및 규격, Article 9): registration is based on the ingredient content on a test certificate analyzed by a feed testing and inspection agency, and the actual content must stay within the tolerances of Annex 13-2 and Annex 4 of the Feed Inspection Standards; for imported feed, registration may instead be based on the content of each registered ingredient indicated in import-related documents, containers, or packaging. (2) Import Health Requirements (IHRs) for pet food, administered by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA, 농림축산검역본부) of MAFRA — Korea's competent veterinary quarantine authority (for the United States the counterpart is USDA APHIS). Under the original IHRs published 2025.01.14, pet food exported to the ROK within the last year could use existing health certificates with no facility approval until 2025.12.31; a MAFRA amendment of 2025.12.12 (notified to the WTO as G/SPS/N/KOR/832 on 2025.11.03) extends this grace period until 2027.12.31. The grace period does not apply to pet food containing ruminant ingredients, which requires a new health certificate complying with the new IHRs. Under the new IHRs, manufacturing facilities must undergo inspection by the exporting country's government, which works with APQA to notify inspection results and obtain facility approval through on-site inspections or other methods; new facility registrations are permitted during the transitional period (US exporters: AgSeoul@usda.gov).\n","sources":["generated from .md only"],"tokens_estimated":159,"generated_at":"2026-07-16","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."}