Jeonnam Province: "Be Sure to Obtain Certification for HACCP-Applied Livestock Product Workplaces"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Certification for mandatory HACCP operations in livestock products will be strengthened.

Jeonnam Province announced on the 5th that from the 8th, livestock product workplaces subject to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) standards must be certified by the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute.

This follows the enforcement of the revised Livestock Products Sanitation Control Act, which strengthens safety management for workplaces where HACCP is mandatory. This applies to livestock product processing industries (meat processing, dairy processing, egg processing) and edible egg sorting and packaging businesses.

Until now, these workplaces applied their own HACCP standards simultaneously with business permits issued by the provincial governor, but from now on, after obtaining a business permit, they must receive certification from the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute to operate.

However, workplaces that received business permits by the 7th can receive a one-year grace period and must complete certification review by October 7th of next year.

Additionally, from December 1st, the mandatory certification will apply to “meat processing businesses with sales of 500 million KRW or more based on 2016 standards,” which must complete certification from the institute before December.

Target businesses should prepare required documents such as the HACCP certification application, a copy of the business permit, and HACCP training completion certificates, and submit them by mail or visit to the Gwangju branch of the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute.

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Certification Review Team at the Gwangju branch of the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute.

Lee Yongbo, Director of Animal Quarantine at Jeonnam Province, said, “We are actively informing livestock product processing and edible egg sorting and packaging workplaces in the province about the changed certification system,” and added, “We will continue to focus on strengthening safety so that livestock products demanded by consumers can be supplied, and will enhance hygiene guidance and promotion.”

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