This is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 1 -Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Notice No. 2019-400
As under Article 34.2 of the Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases , Ministry of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs(MAFRA) revises part of the Import Health Requirements for 
Straw and Forage (Announcement No. 2016-20 of MAFRA dated on April 1, 2016), the ministry 
publicly notifies you of the main content and purpose of the revision to gather public opinion in 
accordance with Article 46 of the Administrative Procedures Act as follows. 
                                               10. 10, 2019
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Pre-Announcement of Administration for Notification of the Revision of
「Import Health Requirements for Straw and Forage 」 
1. Purpose
 ○ ASF has spread to Europe and Asia as well as to Korea. Under the current 
circumstances, potential routes for ASF introduction onto Korea should be 
blocked. To this end, loopholes in the current legislations should be tightened 
and closed through strengthening requirements for application of 
heat-treatment and approval of export establishments for straw and forage 
from ASF-affected countries.
2.  Main Content
 ○ Conditions for obtaining animal disease-free status shall additionally require 
freedom from African Swine Fever(ASF) for any country to be exempted from 
import health requirements for straw and forage. The name of ‘countries free 
from animal diseases’ shall be changed to ‘countries recognized as animal 
disease free status’ officially used by OIE. (Proposal of Article 2)
 ○ This modified requirement shall entry into force on the date of January 1, 
2020. (Proposal of Addendum Article1)
 ○ In the list of countries exempted from application of import health 
requirements for straw and forage, ASF-affected countries shall be eliminated. 
(Proposal of Appendix) This is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 2 -Under Article 34.2 of the Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal Diseases , Ministry of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) revises part of the Import Health Requirements for 
Straw and Forage  as follows.
  00. 00, 2019
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Import Health Requirements for Straw and Forage
Article 1 (Purpose) 
The purpose of the notification is to regulate the content of the quarantine inspection 
in the exporting country and the sanitation status, etc., of the exporting country for 
straw and forage for feeding that are exported to the Republic of Korea in 
accordance with Article 34.2 of the “Act on the Prevention of Contagious Animal 
Diseases.”
Article 2 (Coverage of Application)
① The import health requirements shall be only applied to grass, silage crop, hay, 
root vegetable for feeding, wild grass, straw and forage, etc. which are in their 
original shape or dried, cut or finely cut. Exceptions shall be made, provided that 
governments of exporting countries prove that the exporting straw and forage 
products such as pellet, cube, etc. have gone under heat-treatment process at a 
certain temperature or higher necessary for elimination of Foot-and-Mouth 
Disease(FMD) in accordance with World Organization for Animal Health(OIE) 
standards. 
② The countries mentioned in the appendix shall be exception to the import health 
requirements for straw and forage for feeding. Any countries interested in the 
exemption of import health requirements shall be either recognized as FMD free 
countries where vaccination is not practised by OIE as well as African Swine 
Fever(ASF) free countries which be allowed to export cloven-hoofed animals or their 
products to the Republic of Korea, or shall carry out separate import risk analysis to 
be exempted from the import health requirements. In case the cloven-hoofed animals 
and their products are prohibited to import into the Republic of Korea, the exporting 
country will be automatically erased in the above exemption list.This is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 3 -Article 3 (Condition for Animal Disease) 
The production and storage areas of straw and forage for feeding shall be free from 
FMD for the past 2 years, free from rinderpest and ASF for the last 3 years within 
the 50km radius of the areas.
Article 4 (Condition for Straw and Forage) 
Straw and forage for export to the Republic of Korea shall be subjected to the 
following requirements:
A. Straw and forage for export to the Republic of Korea(hereinafter referred to as 
“straw and forage for export“) shall have been originally derived from “the exporting 
country.”
B. Straw and forage for export shall be kept clean and have not been tainted or 
contaminated with excretion, secretion etc. derived from cloven-hoofed animals in the 
process of production, packing and storage.
C. Straw and forage for export shall be either steamed at least for 10 minutes at a 
minimum temperature of 80℃ in an air-tight chamber or be processed with formalin 
fumes produced by the 35~40% of formalin solution in a chamber kept closed for 
more than 8 hours at 19℃ or higher prior to packing.
D. Straw and forage for export shall be no sooner loaded on a closed container 
cleaned with an authorized antiseptic approved by the exporting country than it shall 
be sealed and transported. If it could not be loaded in a air-tight container 
immediately, it shall be stored without recontamination.
E. The form of closed container seals for straw and forage for export shall be 
notified in advance to the Korean animal health authorities.
Article 5 (Condition for Processing Facility of Straw and Forage for feed) 
The processing facility standards for steaming or disinfection process (hereinafter 
referred to as “processing facility“) shall be as follows:
A. The processing facility shall be furnished with automatic temperature control This is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 4 -system and equipment for disinfection, etc.
B. The processing facility shall be designed for the series of operation to be carried 
out consistently in one direction from handling raw materials to container loading.
C. In the processing facillity, the room for processing raw materials, disinfecting, 
storing after disinfection shall be seperated respectively, and it shall be furnished with 
separate entrance gate, changing room and toilet etc.
D. Floors, walls and ceilings of the processing facility shall be designed for easy 
cleaning; floors shall be furnished with facility and drainage facility made of 
impermeable materials for easy cleaning and disinfection.
E. The processing and storage facilities shall be designated by government of the 
exporting country, be notified to the Korea government in advance, and approved by 
the Korean government by on-site inspection or other means.
Article 6 (Export Certificate) 
The animal quarantine officer of the exporting country shall be responsible for 
issuing a veterinary certificate containing the following information in detail or for 
assuring that the following information shall be contained on a phytosanitary 
certificate, and the certificate shall be written in Korean or English before loading 
exporting straw and forage.
(1) All the regulations described in the above Article 3 and 4-A, B, C, D
(2) Product name, type, number, and weight of package
(3) The origin of the products, name and address of production, processing and 
storage facility
(4) The year, month, and day of steaming or disinfection, processed methods and 
container seal identification number
(5) Date and place of shipment, name of ship or flightThis is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 5 -(6) Name and address of the consignor and consignee(company name)
(7) Date and place of issuance of the health certificate and, department, position, 
name and signature of issuer
Article 7 (Export Suspension) 
The animal quarantine officer of the Republic of Korea may be empowered to carry 
out on-site inspection of production area and export related facilities, and of the 
recorded original document : in case where violation cases of import health 
requirements are found, the officer may stop export of straw and forage into the 
Republic of Korea.
Article 8 (Failure to pass import quarantine, etc.)
 
Straw and forage exported to the Republic of Korea may be either sent back to the 
exporting country or be disposed if they fail to compliance with the import health 
requirements of the Republic of Korea or if container seal given by the exporting 
country is either broken or dropped out at the time of inspection after arrival in the 
Republic of Korea.
Article 9 (On-site Inspection) 
The Korean government may dispatch its animal quarantine officers for a certain 
period of time concerning the implementation and application of the import health 
requirements. The exporting country is required to actively cooperate with the Korean 
animal quarantine officers dispatched for on-site investigation.
Article 10 (Deadline of Reassessment) 
Starting January 1, 2020, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs shall 
review the validity of this notification every three years (by December 31 of the 
third year) and take appropriate measures including improvement of this notice, 
etc in accordance with Regulations on order and administration of instruction and 
rule.This is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 6 -Addendum < No.2019-00 (00. 00. 2019) >
Article 1. (Enforcement Date) This notification shall be effective on 1 January 2020. 
Article 2 (Interim measures) Straw and forage  imported in accordance with the 
Import Health Requirements for Straw and Forage(MAFRA Notification No. 
2016-20, 1 April 2016) prior to the implementation of this notice shall be 
considered to have been imported according to this notice. 
APPENDIX : Countries excluded from the application of the import health This is non official translation. If Korean version and English version of this notice conflicts, Korean version shall prevail.
- 7 -requirements of straw and forage
1. Countries excluded from the application of the import health requirements of 
straw and forage are as follows:
  - Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, 
Mexico, United States (the mainland, Alaska and Hawaii), Japan, Netherlands, 
Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy (except for Island of Sardinia), Spain, 
Chile, Switzerland, France