Feed Manufacturing Business Registration and Feed Ingredient Registration — Procedure for Single, Formula and Supplementary Feed

Procedure

1. 1. Check whether registration is required

   Manufacturing feed (including mixing, blending, compounding or processing) for sale or supply requires registration. Registration may be omitted when by-products from farming, grain processing or food manufacturing that are designated single or supplementary feed are produced and supplied at 4 tons or less per day.

2. 2. Prepare manufacturing facilities

   Prepare manufacturing facilities that meet the facility standards for each feed type. Food or food additive manufacturers, veterinary drug manufacturers and health functional food manufacturers that make part of their own products into feed are not separately subject to the feed facility standards.

3. 3. Apply for registration and facility inspection

   Submit the feed manufacturing business registration application with a facility summary to the city or province with jurisdiction over the manufacturing facility. The city or province inspects the facility and issues a feed manufacturing business registration certificate if it meets the standards.

4. 4. Feed ingredient registration

   Register the type, ingredients and ingredient amounts of the feed you will manufacture or import with the city or province. After confirming compliance with the feed standards, it issues an ingredient registration certificate. If a registered feed is not manufactured or imported for 1 year or more without a justifiable reason, the registration is cancelled.

5. 5. Feed safety manager and later reports

   Manufacturers of designated feed such as trace minerals appoint at least 1 feed safety manager. File a change report when changing mixing, grinding, boiling or heating facilities (acceptance notified within 10 days), report suspension, closure or resumption, and file a succession report within 30 days if you acquire the business.

Required documents

• Feed manufacturing business registration application
• Facility summary (layout and specifications of mixing, grinding and heating facilities, etc.)
• Feed ingredient registration application and ingredient data
• Proof of the feed safety manager's qualifications (for designated feed)
• Draft labeling (package labeling)
• Letter of authorization (when submitted by an agent)

Fees

Generally in the hundreds of thousands of won in the industry · We quote after consultation depending on the feed type (single, formula or supplementary), the number of items for ingredient registration and whether it is a business type added to an existing food plant. Government fees are separate.

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Legal basis and review date

• Feed Management Act, Article 2
• Feed Management Act, Article 8
• Feed Management Act, Article 9
• Feed Management Act, Article 10
• Feed Management Act, Article 12
• Enforcement Rule of the Feed Management Act, Article 5
• Enforcement Rule of the Feed Management Act, Article 7
• Enforcement Rule of the Feed Management Act, Article 8
• Enforcement Rule of the Feed Management Act, Article 9

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-05

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

• Business registration alone does not allow sales; each feed must have ingredient registration.
• If you acquire a manufacturing business, file a succession report within 30 days.

Frequently asked questions