{"topic_id":"KR_petfood_saeroo_gicho_2025","category":"korea","context":"---\ntopic_id: \"KR_petfood_saeroo_gicho_2025\"\ncategory: \"korea\"\ntitle: \"KR petfood saeroo gicho 2025\"\nlang: en\nsource_document: \"Korea 사료관리법 / MAFRA\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"korea\"\n  title: \"KR petfood saeroo gicho 2025\"\n  url: \"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EC%82%AC%EB%A3%8C%EA%B4%80%EB%A6%AC%EB%B2%95\"\n  retrieved: \"\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official source\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:jp-kr-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\nKorea's feed regulatory framework is anchored by the 사료 등의 기준 및 규격 (Feed Standards and Specifications), a notification enacted 2002.01.19 (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Notification No. 2002-6) and most recently partially amended 2025.09.04 by MAFRA Notification No. 2025-93, issued under delegation from the Feed Management Act (사료관리법, Articles 2, 8, 11-15) and its Enforcement Rules. It regulates: the scope of animals (including pet/companion animals — dog, cat, rabbit, ferret, guinea pig, hamster); the scope and names of single-ingredient, supplementary, and compound feeds; feed manufacturing processes; ingredient registration and labeling; the scope and standards of hazardous substances (including BSE-related prohibitions on specific animal-based feeds for ruminants); content and mixing restrictions; and standard analytical methods. The 2025-93 revision: (1) newly established Annex 15-2, pet feed labeling rules for dog and cat feed (complete pet feed vs other pet feed), entering into force three years after promulgation (2028.09.04) with a one-year sticker/label transitional measure; (2) newly established Annex 26 (methane-reducing agents) and Annex 13-4 (nitrogen-reducing feed); (3) added Article 2 definitions for methane-reducing agent, low-methane feed, and nitrogen-reducing feed. The National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) sets the complete-pet-feed nutritional standards, recognizes new single/supplementary feed substances, reviews manufacturing process changes, and publishes feed ingredient tables on a 5-year cycle; the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service handles standard analytical methods.\n","sources":["korea — KR petfood saeroo gicho 2025"],"source":{"authority":"korea","title":"KR petfood saeroo gicho 2025","url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EC%82%AC%EB%A3%8C%EA%B4%80%EB%A6%AC%EB%B2%95","retrieved":"","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"Korea 사료관리법 / MAFRA","verification_file":""},"source_document":"Korea 사료관리법 / MAFRA","source_file":"","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":161,"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."}