{"topic_id":"kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_01_overview","category":"korea-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_01_overview\ncategory: korea-2026\ntitle: \"South Korea MAFRA Notice 2025-20 — Pet Food Import Health Requirements: Overview (Art. 1–4, 11, Addendum)\"\nlang: en\nsource: korea_petfood_import_health_2025.pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-21\ntokens_estimated: 230\n---\n\n# South Korea MAFRA Notice 2025-20 — Pet Food Import Health Requirements: Overview\n\n**Source**: MAFRA Notification No. 2025-20 (농림축산식품부고시 제2025-20호), *Import Health Requirements for Pet Food* (반려동물 사료 수입위생조건), issued **2025. 2. 7.** by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (농림축산식품부장관). Status: in force.\n\n## Purpose and scope\n- **Article 1 (Purpose)**: stipulates requirements for animal ingredients, production conditions, manufacturing facilities, and quarantine inspection of the exporting country for pet food imported to the Republic of Korea, under Article 34.2 of the Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases (가축전염병 예방법).\n- **Article 3 (Scope)**: applies to pet food for companion animals — **dog, cat, ferret, hamster** (개·고양이·페럿·햄스터) — containing animal ingredients per Article 31 of the same Act. Exempt: pet food made only from pickled pelts, UHT dairy, sterilized egg products, flavoring fat, or dairy-only consignment / personal / mail imports.\n- **Article 4 (Precedence)**: where import quarantine requirements for covered commodities appear in other notifications, this Notification prevails.\n\n## Review and entry into force\n- **Article 11 (Review period)**: the Minister shall review relevance and take improvement measures **every three years from July 1, 2025** (i.e., until June 30 of every third year).\n- **Addendum Art. 1 (Effective date)**: this Notification enters into force on the **date of its issuance** (2025.2.7).\n\nRelated: `kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_02_manufacturing_facility_approval`, `kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_03_export_health_certificate`, `kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_04_annex_heat_treatment`.\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."}