{"topic_id":"kr_feed_mgmt_act","category":"kr-petfood-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_feed_mgmt_act\ncategory: kr-petfood-standard\ntitle: \"South Korea Feed Management Act (사료관리법) — Pet-Food Import Notification & Entry Inspection\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Feed Management Act (사료관리법), law.go.kr first-hand text, pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/kr-petfood-standard/feed_mgmt_act.txt\nsource_type: statute_text\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 300\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 3\n---\n\n# South Korea Feed Management Act (사료관리법) — Pet-Food Import Notification & Entry Inspection\n\nSource: Feed Management Act (사료관리법), Republic of Korea, first-hand text from the Ministry of Government Legislation national law portal (law.go.kr), rendered via Seoul relay Playwright on 2026-07-24. Status: in force.\n\nThe Feed Management Act is the umbrella statute for all feed, including companion-animal feed (반려동물용 사료). Its Chapter 4 governs feed quarantine/inspection and Article 19 mandates import notification of feed (which covers imported pet food) plus pre-clearance inspection by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (농림축산식품부장관). The claims below are verbatim Korean sentences from the Act as published on law.go.kr.\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n\n- `제19조(사료의 수입신고 등) ① 수입업자는 농림축산식품부장관이 정하여 고시하는 사료를 수입하려는 경우에는 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 바에 따라 농림축산식품부장관에게 신고하여야 한다. <개정 2013. 3. 23.>` (Article 19 (Import Notification of Feed etc.) (1): an importer who intends to import feed designated by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs by public notice must notify the Minister pursuant to the Decree of the Ministry.)\n- `② 농림축산식품부장관은 사료의 안전성확보ㆍ수급안정 등 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 사유가 있는 경우에는 제1항에 따라 신고된 사료에 대하여 통관절차 완료 전에 관계 공무원으로 하여금 필요한 검정을 하게 하여야 한다. <개정 2013. 3. 23.>` (Article 19 (2): where the Minister has a reason prescribed by the Decree (e.g. securing feed safety, stabilising supply), the Minister shall have a relevant public official conduct necessary inspection of the notified feed before customs clearance is completed.)\n- `③ 수입업자가 제1항에 따른 신고를 할 경우 제20조의2제1항에 따라 지정된 사료시험검사기관(` (Article 19 (3) cross-reference to the designated feed testing laboratory under Article 20-2(1).)\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/kr-petfood-standard/feed_mgmt_act.txt` — first-hand Feed Management Act text (law.go.kr), pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright.\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":230,"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."}