Feed import declaration under Feed Management Act (사료관리법 제19조)
Pet-food import registration in Korea is founded on the Feed Management Act (*사료관리법*) import-declaration requirement (Article 19). The verified Korean text — not the English translation — is the source of record.
Article 19 — Import Report of Feed etc. (제19조 사료의 수입신고 등)
Under 제19조(사료의 수입신고 등), an importer (*수입업자*) intending to import feed designated and publicly notified by the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (*농림축산식품부장관*) must report to the Minister as prescribed by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ordinance (제19조 제1항).
The Minister must, where there is a reason prescribed by Ordinance such as securing feed safety or supply stabilization, have a relevant public official perform necessary testing on the reported feed before completion of customs clearance (제19조 제2항).
Where the importer files the paragraph-1 report and submits a test certificate from a designated feed testing/research institute (*사료시험검사기관*, designated under Article 20-2(1)) or a feed testing institute under Article 22, the Minister may substitute or adjust the paragraph-2 testing as prescribed by Ordinance (제19조 제3항).
(Amendment notes verbatim: 개정 2013. 3. 23. (¶1); 개정 2013. 3. 23. (¶2); 개정 2013. 3. 23., 2018. 12. 31., 2020. 2. [truncated in source].)
Source: pdf-raw/kr-petfood-standard/feed_mgmt_act.txt — first-hand official Korean text, retrieved 2026-07-24 (W24 Korea first pass).