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NewsSouth Korea to give pet owners legal access to veterinary records under planned 2027 law change
The agriculture ministry listed the Veterinarians Act amendment among 50 regulatory reforms, alongside support for neutering outdoor dogs and a farmland exemption for private animal shelters.
NewsSouth Korea moves to ease pig farm zoning curbs and tighten ASF standards for blood-derived feed
With 96.1% of the country's land restricted for pig farming, the agriculture ministry plans to allow barn upgrades that do not add animals, with law changes due in 2027.
NewsSouth Korea to make PED testing mandatory at boar stud farms from January 2027
A draft amendment to boar stud disease rules adds porcine epidemic diarrhoea as a sixth mandatory disease, with faecal PCR tests at least once a quarter.
NewsSouth Korea moves to scrap cage height and aisle rules for layer farms as egg supply stays tight
Bird flu led to the culling of 13.7% of the laying flock last winter, and the government has spent 81.9 billion won importing 133 million fresh eggs.
NewsSouth Korea proposes shrinking African swine fever control zone to 3km from 10km
Draft rules would also let culling on linked farms be deferred after negative tests and add carcass and manure compost testing to lift movement curbs.
NewsSouth Korea's pet food exports stall at about US$160 million, far short of 2027 target of US$500 million
Government export support rose about fivefold since 2024, while Korean pet food sells abroad at US$2.5 per kg, half the unit price of imports, KREI data show.
NewsSouth Korea raises bird flu alert to highest level after first HPAI detection of winter at Suncheon Bay
H5 avian influenza was confirmed in wild bird faeces, prompting movement controls on poultry within 10 km and a week of nationwide farm disinfection.
NewsSouth Korea steps up bird flu defences as duck-family migratory birds nearly triple
A September survey counted 18,678 duck-family birds at three key sites, up 189.7% year on year, prompting a nationwide farm alert and 280 restricted zones for livestock vehicles.
NewsSouth Korea's pet food market grows 67% in five years, but import share remains unmeasured
South Korea's pet food market expanded 67.4% in five years to $1.783 billion, but the agriculture ministry holds no data on the share supplied by imports.