{"topic_id":"korea_apqa_animal_ingredients_002","category":"korea-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: korea_apqa_animal_ingredients_002\ncategory: korea-2026-approvals\ntitle: Korea Pet Food Import — Permitted Animal Ingredients & Heat Treatment Requirements (MAFRA 2025-20, Art. 5 + Annex)\nlang: en\nsource: korea_petfood_import_health_2025.pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-21\ntokens_estimated: 460\n---\n\nThis topic covers Article 5 (사용할 수 있는 동물성 원료) and the full Annex (별표) of MAFRA Notification No. 2025-20. It governs which animal-derived ingredients are permitted in pet food exported to Korea, and the mandatory heat treatment conditions for ingredients sourced from import-prohibited regions.\n\n## Article 5 — Permitted Animal Ingredients\n\n**Korean**: 제5조(사용할 수 있는 동물성 원료) ① 반려동물 사료에 사용할 수 있는 동물성 원료는 별표와 같으며, 별표 제2호를 제외하고는 자국산 원료를 사용하여야 한다.\n\n**English**: Animal ingredients listed in the Annex are allowed to be used in pet food, and domestic ingredients shall be used except those described in Paragraph 2 of the Annex.\n\n**Key condition**: Ingredients derived from animals that have not been determined eligible in ante-mortem inspection carried out by the exporting country's veterinary officer shall **not** be used for manufacturing of pet food.\n\n## Annex (별표) — Conditions for Animal Ingredients\n\n### 1. Sourcing from Import-Prohibited Regions (conditional on heat treatment)\n\n**Pork from import-prohibited regions**: Core temperature ≥ 70°C for ≥ 30 minutes (or equivalent method).\n\n**Poultry from import-prohibited regions**:\n- Moist heat: 56°C for ≥ 30 min, OR internal temperature ≥ 74°C throughout the product\n- **Exception**: Extruded dry pet food — no heat treatment requirement\n\n**Poultry eggs from import-prohibited regions** (specific time/temperature combinations):\n- Whole egg liquid/powder: 60°C for 188 sec OR 61.1°C for 94 sec\n- Liquid egg white: 55.6°C for 870 sec OR 56.7°C for 232 sec\n- Liquid egg yolk: 60.0°C for 288 sec; 10% salted yolk: 62.2°C for 138 sec\n- Egg white powder: 67°C for 20 hours OR 54.4°C for 50.4 hours\n- Egg yolk powder: 63.5°C for 3.5 minutes\n- Egg shell/membrane: 60°C for 507 sec, OR 65°C for 42 sec, OR 70°C for 3.5 sec, OR 73.9°C for ≥ 0.51 sec\n\n### 2. Imported Ingredients Used in the Exporting Country\n\nAnimal products must meet the conditions in Paragraph 1 and be legally imported into the exporting country.\n\nSource: MAFRA Notification No. 2025-20, Annex (별표) — Conditions for Animal Ingredients (related to Article 5.1).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":460,"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."}