Meat Processing Business Permit Requirements and Item Manufacturing Report — Workplace Standards and HACCP for Ham, Sausage and Seasoned Meat

Procedure

1. 1. Confirm the meat processing permit applies

   Making meat products such as ham, sausage, bacon or seasoned meat from meat and supplying or distributing them requires a meat processing business permit. Only cutting and packing meat is a meat packaging business, and a butcher shop that makes meat products and sells them directly to final consumers falls under the instant meat sale and processing business, which is a report. Meal kits made mainly from meat the operator cut or meat products the operator made fall within the meat processing business.

2. 2. Plan the workplace location and facility standards

   Workrooms such as the raw material room, processing room and packing room must be in a separate building or separated by walls or floors from facilities used for other purposes, and each facility must be separated or partitioned. Floors need waterproofing and drainage, inner walls need light-colored water-resistant finishing up to 1.5 m from the floor, lighting must be at least 220 lux, and the processing room needs temperature control that keeps it within 15°C except where heat treatment is done. Automated facilities are the rule from mixing raw materials to packing, with exceptions for products such as bacon or dried and preserved meat where automation is difficult.

3. 3. Prepare the laboratory, water supply and HACCP

   A laboratory is needed to test processing standards and specifications, but it can be omitted if self-testing is entrusted to a designated livestock products testing and inspection institution. If groundwater is used, the water source must be at least 20 m from toilets, waste facilities and similar places, and a water quality test report should be obtained. Meat processing business operators must comply with HACCP, so zoning and work flow should be designed to HACCP standards.

4. 4. Complete hygiene training and apply for the permit

   A person who intends to run the business first completes 6 hours of livestock products hygiene training. The business permit application is submitted to the permitting authority with the workplace facility list and layout and a water quality test report (if groundwater is used), and the corporate register, building register, land use plan confirmation and health certificate are checked through shared administrative information. By law the permitting authority is the Mayor or Governor of the city or province where the workplace is located, and some have delegated it to the city, county or district, so the filing office is confirmed first; the authority must notify the decision within 8 days of the application.

5. 5. Item manufacturing report and post-permit management

   For each product, an item manufacturing report with a manufacturing method description and a shelf-life setting statement is filed before production starts or within 7 days after it starts. Changes to the product name, raw materials and mixing ratio, or shelf life require a change report within 7 days; changing the business location or the raw material room, manufacturing and processing room or packing room requires a change permit, and changes to the representative's name, trade name or other facilities require a change report within 7 days. Annual production results are reported by the end of February of the following year, and the operator receives 3 hours of hygiene training every year.

Required documents

• Livestock products business permit application
• Workplace facility list and layout
• Drinking water quality test report (if groundwater or similar water is used)
• Livestock products hygiene training certificate (6 hours)
• Health certificate (if the applicant does not consent to shared administrative information checks)
• Item manufacturing report, manufacturing method description and shelf-life setting statement
• Lease contract or other proof of the right to use the workplace
• Letter of authorization (when filed by an agent)

Fees

Generally in the range of several hundred thousand to several million won across the industry · we will advise after consultation depending on workplace size and facility layout, the number of products and scope of item manufacturing reports, whether a laboratory is installed or testing is outsourced, and how much HACCP-linked floor plan preparation is needed. Government fees are separate (business permit 10,000 won, 9,000 won online · permit change 5,000 won, 4,000 won online).

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Legal basis and review date

• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 2
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 9
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 21
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 22
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 25
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 26
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 27
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 30
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 45
• Enforcement Decree of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 21
• Enforcement Decree of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 22
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 7
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 30
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 31
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 37
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 49
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 54
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 60
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Annex 10
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Annex 15

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-07

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

• Running a meat processing business without a permit, or operating after changing the location or main workrooms without a change permit, is punishable by up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to 100,000,000 won.
• A person who takes over the business by transfer, inheritance or merger must file a succession report within 30 days of succession, and the effect of administrative sanctions against the previous operator can pass to the successor for 1 year after the sanction period ends.

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