Feed Standards and Specifications (사료 등의 기준 및 규격) — purpose & scope
The administrative rule 'Feed Standards and Specifications' (사료 등의 기준 및 규격), issued by MFDS/MAFRA, is the Republic of Korea feed (including pet-food) standard — the national nutrient/safety specification. This topic records its purpose (Article 1) and scope/definitions (Article 2). Each provision is reproduced verbatim in Korean (C1-matched to the source file) followed by an English translation.
> Source: pdf-raw/kr-nutrition-guideline/feed_standard.txt — first-hand official Korean text, retrieved 2026-07-24 (W24 Korea first pass).
Article 1 — Purpose (목적)
This notice sets out the quality-control and safety standards for feed delegated by the Feed Management Act (사료관리법) — covering the scope of animals (동물등), the scope and names of feed, feed processes (manufacture, use, transport and storage; component specifications), component registration and labelling, the scope and standards of harmful substances, content/mixing limits, and standard analysis methods.
`` 제1조(목적) 이 고시는 「사료관리법」 제2조, 제8조, 제11조부터 제15조, 같은 법 시행규칙 제5조, 제11조, 제12조, 제14조, 제30조에서 위임한 사료의 품질관리와 안전성 확보 등에 필요한 동물등의 범위 및 사료의 범위와 명칭, 사료공정(사료의 제조ㆍ사용ㆍ운반 및 보존방법에 관한 기준과 사료의 성분에 관한 규격), 성분등록 및 표시사항, 유해물질 등의 범위와 기준, 함량ㆍ혼합제한, 표준분석방법 등에 관한 사항을 규정함을 목적으로 한다. ``
English translation: Article 1 (Purpose): this notice stipulates matters concerning quality control and safety assurance of feed delegated by the Feed Management Act — Articles 2, 8, 11–15, and its Enforcement Rule Articles 5, 11, 12, 14, 30 — namely the scope of animals, the scope and names of feed, feed processes (standards for manufacture, use, transport and preservation, and component specifications of feed), component registration and labelling, scope and standards of harmful substances, content/mixing limits, and standard analysis methods.
Article 2 — Definitions (정의)
The rule defines key terms, including "food, etc." (식품등), "specific animal feed" (특정 동물성사료), "confirmed animal feed" (확인받은 동물성사료), "registered component" (등록성분), and "vehicle/excipient" (부형제). The definitions reproduced below are those present in the source body.
``` 제2조(정의) 이 고시에서 사용되는 용어의 뜻은 다음과 같다.
- "식품등"이란 「식품위생법」, 「건강기능식품에 관한 법률」 및 「먹는물관리법」에 따른 식품ㆍ식품첨가물ㆍ건강기능식품 및 먹는물을 말한다.
- "특정 동물성사료"란 소 등 반추동물의 소해면상뇌증 등이 우려되어 사료로 사용하는 것을 금지한 동물등의 부산물ㆍ남은음식물 등이 포함된 사료를 말한다.
- "확인받은 동물성사료"란 반추동물사료를 제조하는 공정에서 반추동물 이외의 사료를 제조하기 위해 사용할 수 있도록 시ㆍ도지사에게 확인받은 사료를 말한다.
- "등록성분"란 사료의 품질관리에 필요한 성분등록 사항으로 일반 조성분ㆍ광물질ㆍ아미노산ㆍ비타민ㆍ에너지가 또는 유효성분 등을 말한다.
- "부형제"란 단미사료 또는 보조사료 중에서 미량으로 사용되는 사료를 균일하게 혼합하기 위하여 예비 배합하는데 사용되는 희석물질을 말한다.
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English translation: Article 2 (Definitions): the terms used in this notice mean as follows: 1. "Food, etc." (식품등) means food, food additives, health-functional foods, and drinking water under the Food Sanitation Act (식품위생법), the Act on Health-Functional Food (건강기능식품에 관한 법률), and the Drinking Water Management Act (먹는물관리법). 2. "Specific animal feed" (특정 동물성사료) means feed containing by-products, leftover food, etc. of animals whose use as feed is prohibited due to concerns such as BSE in ruminants including cattle. 3. "Confirmed animal feed" (확인받은 동물성사료) means feed confirmed by the mayor/provincial governor for use in manufacturing non-ruminant feed within a ruminant-feed manufacturing process. 4. "Registered component" (등록성분) means matters for component registration necessary for feed quality control — general proximate components, minerals, amino acids, vitamins, energy, or active ingredients. 5. "Vehicle/excipient" (부형제) means a diluent used in pre-mixing to uniformly blend feed used only in trace amounts among single-feed (단미사료) or supplementary feed (보조사료). 6. [source body truncated]
Source
pdf-raw/kr-nutrition-guideline/feed_standard.txt — first-hand official Korean text, retrieved 2026-07-24 (W24 Korea first pass).