Egg Collection and Sales Business Report — Distribution Needs Only a Report, Repackaging Requires HACCP Certification or the 300-Egg Bulk Exception

Procedure

1. 1. Confirm whether a report is required

   An egg collection and sales business collects, processes or buys eggs and sells them as a specialized business, and it files a report with the livestock department of the city, county or district. A report is not required where a farm sells all the eggs it produces to egg grading and packing operators or egg collection and sales operators, where packed eggs are sold as they are to final consumers at a food store or another livestock product sales business, or where a mail-order seller entrusts storage and delivery to a grading and packing operator or an egg collection and sales operator. Sales by a grading and packing operator of eggs it graded and packed itself are also excluded.

2. 2. Decide how you will distribute eggs and whether you will repackage

   Eggs must in principle be graded and packed at the plant of an egg grading and packing operator, so eggs collected from farms are sent to the plant with a grading and packing request on Form No. 41. Repackaging packed eggs for sale is prohibited, with exceptions only for bulk packs of 300 or more eggs bought from another egg collection and sales operator (excluding eggs packed at a grading and packing plant or imported packed eggs) and for HACCP-certified egg collection and sales operators repackaging eggs packed at a grading and packing plant or imported eggs packed at a registered overseas facility. Each smallest pack may contain only eggs from the same farm laid on the same date.

3. 3. Prepare the business premises

   The premises must be a separate building or be separated or partitioned from facilities used for other purposes, with equipment for candling, sorting, packing and transporting eggs and, if you print dates, printing equipment. You need to block direct sunlight, install rodent and insect control and ventilation, and have cooling to keep storage temperatures, and a workroom handling refrigerated eggs must stay within 15℃. If you transport eggs yourself, you need a vehicle that blocks direct sunlight, and refrigerated eggs must be carried in a vehicle with a refrigerated cargo box.

4. 4. Complete hygiene training and health checks, then submit the report

   Anyone who intends to operate must complete 6 hours of livestock product hygiene training and may not operate without it. Operators and employees who directly handle unpacked eggs must have a health examination before starting, while those who only store, transport or sell fully packed eggs are exempt. Submit the Form No. 23 business report marked as an egg collection and sales business with the facility details and layout, plus a facility use contract if the premises are leased, and you will be notified of acceptance within 3 days and issued a report certificate.

5. 5. Obligations after opening and change reports

   Record egg collection, packing and sales in the Form No. 40 transaction and disposal record and keep it for at least 6 months, and collect only eggs produced at farms with a livestock farming permit or registration. You may not store, display or sell eggs outside the premises, or sell to the general public from a vehicle other than for delivery. After opening, complete 3 hours of hygiene training every year, and file a change report on Form No. 27 within 7 days when the trade name, location, area or facilities change.

Required documents

• Business report (Form No. 23 of the Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, with egg collection and sales business marked as the business type)
• Facility details and layout of the business premises
• Copy of the facility use contract (if the premises are leased)
• Livestock product hygiene training certificate (6 hours for new operators)
• Health examination certificate (a copy, if a person subject to the examination does not consent to administrative information sharing)
• Corporate register certificate, building register and land use plan confirmation (checked by the official; corporate register only for corporations)
• Traditional market merchants' association articles or rules and a display facility statement (when displaying eggs at a designated traditional market location)
• HACCP certification application for a safety management certified workplace, business or farm (Form No. 1-3 of the same Rule) and a plan for operating the safety management certification standards (if you intend to repackage)
• Letter of authorization (when submitted by an agent)

Fees

Typically from tens of thousands of won to several hundred thousand won in the industry · We quote after a consultation based on whether it is plain distribution or includes repackaging, whether a HACCP certification application is included, and the condition of the premises. Report fees and other government fees are separate.

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Legal basis and review date

• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 9
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 12
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 21
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 22
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 24
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 29
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 30
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 45
• Enforcement Decree of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 13
• Enforcement Decree of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 21
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 7-3
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 35
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 36
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 44
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 49
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 50-2
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Annex 2-4
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Annex 10
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Annex 13
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Form No. 23

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-16

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• Subdividing packed eggs without confirming that a repackaging exception applies breaches operator compliance obligations, so if certification is required, obtain it before you start selling subdivided eggs.
• Operating an egg collection and sales business without a report can lead to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to 10,000,000 won, so obtain the report certificate before you start collecting and selling eggs.

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