Livestock And Livestock Products Traceability Act. Pays/Territoire Corée, République de Type du document Législation Date 2013 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Bétail, Alimentation et nutrition Mot clé Protection du consommateur Viande Accès-à-l'information Enregistrement Infractions/sanctions Fraude Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Bovins Traçabilité/traçage du produit Production animale Porcins Marquage/identificacion Santé des animaux Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, East Asian Seas, Asie Orientale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Résumé The purpose of this Act is to contribute to enhancing efficiency in preventing epidemics and guaranteeing the safety of livestock products, thereby protecting and promoting consumers’ interests, and to the sound development of the livestock industry and other related industries, by prescribing matters necessary for the traceability of livestock and livestock products. Article 4 establishes that each person who operates a livestock breeding facility (including a person who directly manages a livestock breeding facility) shall apply for allocation of a farm identification number to the Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs. The text – consisting of 35 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: Reporting Birth (art. 5); Allocation of Individual Identification Numbers (art. 6); Ear Tagging (art. 7); Marking Farm Identification Numbers (art. 8); Prohibition on Movement of Livestock without Ear Tags (9); Reporting Slaughter, etc. and Indication of Serial Numbers (11); Prohibition on Forgery (15); Packaging and Trade Reporting of Meat Packers (art. 17); Preparation of Livestock and Livestock Product Identification Register (art. 19); Establishment, etc. of Traceability System (art. 27); Penalty Provisions (art. 32). Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.klri.re.kr