{"topic_id":"kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_02_manufacturing_facility_approval","category":"korea-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_mfra_notice_2025_20_02_manufacturing_facility_approval\ncategory: korea-2026\ntitle: \"South Korea MAFRA Notice 2025-20 — Manufacturing Facility Approval & Production (Art. 5–8)\"\nlang: en\nsource: korea_petfood_import_health_2025.pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-21\ntokens_estimated: 270\n---\n\n# South Korea MAFRA Notice 2025-20 — Manufacturing Facility Approval & Production\n\n**Source**: MAFRA Notification No. 2025-20, Art. 5–8. Status: in force (2025.2.7).\n\n## Animal ingredients (Art. 5)\n- Animal ingredients listed in the **Annex** are allowed; **domestic ingredients shall be used** except those described in Paragraph 2 of the Annex.\n- Ingredients from animals not cleared in ante-mortem inspection by the exporting country's veterinary officer (or government-authorized vet) **shall not be used**.\n\n## Production conditions (Art. 6)\n- Pet food **shall be produced in the exporting country**.\n- Must be handled to prevent contamination by animal-disease pathogens from raw-material stage to arrival in Korea.\n- Label must show product name, manufacturing facility, and ingredient name; bulk imports may use a firmly attached sticker / label / tag.\n\n## Manufacturing facility approval (Art. 7)\n- Facilities exporting to Korea **must be registered** with the exporting country's government as manufacturing facilities.\n- They must be **approved by the Korean government (veterinary quarantine authority) through on-site inspection** (documentary examination allowed if requirements met).\n- Regular inspections by the exporting country must show no abnormalities.\n- **Approval withdrawal (Art. 8.4)**: if a facility has **no export record to Korea for three years or longer** since approval or last export, the Korean government may withdraw approval (prior notice to the exporting country required).\n\n## On-site inspection & suspension (Art. 8)\n- Korean veterinary officers may conduct on-site inspections and review records.\n- Non-compliance → **export suspension**; lifted after corrective measures confirmed (on-site or other means).\n- The exporting country must immediately **notify the Korean government (veterinary quarantine authority)** if a facility's approval is withdrawn (bankruptcy, closure, etc.).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":270,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics.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."}