South Korea Feed Management Act (사료관리법) — Pet-Food Import Notification & Entry Inspection
Source: 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.
The 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.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
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.)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.)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).)
Source: 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.