Livestock Product Distribution Seller Business Report — Selling OEM Packaged Meat Under Your Own Brand and Keeping Transaction Records for 1 Year and Complaint Records for 2 Years

Procedure

1. 1. Confirm the type of business

   A livestock product distribution seller business has packaged meat, processed meat products, processed milk products or processed egg products processed or packaged by a livestock product processing business or meat packing business operator and distributes and sells the processed or packaged products under its own brand (Enforcement Decree of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 21, Subparagraph 7(e)). Cutting and packaging meat yourself to make packaged meat requires a meat packing business permit, and re-dividing meat or packaged meat for sale requires a meat sales business report, so first check this together with the permitted business type of the contractor (same Article, Subparagraphs 4 and 7(a)).

2. 2. Prepare the business office, storage warehouse and returns storage

   You must have an independent business office for business activities, though another business office may be shared if it does not interfere with business, and the warehouse for hygienic storage of livestock products may be installed or leased at a location different from the business office (Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Annex 10, Subparagraph 8(b)4)). If a dedicated warehouse cannot be provided, part of the contractor's storage warehouse may be used separately under a use contract, and a permanently operated storage facility for returned and exchanged products must be provided.

3. 3. Hygiene training and health examination

   A person intending to operate the business must complete 6 hours of livestock product hygiene training before starting business and may not operate without it (Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 30(2) and (5); Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Article 49(2)1). Persons who only store and sell fully packaged livestock products are excluded from health examinations, but if any worker handles livestock products directly, that worker must have a health examination before starting work (Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Article 44).

4. 4. Submit the business report

   Submit the business report to the reporting authority with the facility details and layout of the business premises and, if leased, a copy of the facility use contract; the building register, land use plan confirmation and corporate registration certificate are checked by the reporting authority through shared administrative information (Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Article 35(1) and (2)). The reporting authority gives notice of acceptance within 3 days and issues a report certificate (Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 24(4); Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Article 35(6)).

5. 5. Record keeping and change reports after starting business

   When you purchase meat or packaged meat, record the type, quantity, origin, traceability number and supplier in the transaction record and keep it for 1 year from the purchase date, and when a consumer reports a complaint such as a foreign substance, keep the details for 2 years and the evidence for 6 months (Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Annex 13, Subparagraph 3(j) and (r)). If the trade name, location or business facilities change, file a change report within 7 days of the change (Enforcement Rule of the same Act, Article 36).

Required documents

• Business report (Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Form No. 23)
• Facility details and layout of the business premises (showing the storage warehouse and storage for returned and exchanged products)
• Copy of the facility use contract (if the business office or warehouse is leased)
• Warehouse use contract (if part of the contractor's storage warehouse is used)
• Livestock product hygiene training certificate (6 hours)
• Copy of the health examination certificate (if there is a person subject to examination and consent to shared administrative information is not given)
• Processing or packaging contract and copy of the contractor's business permit (to confirm business type)
• Letter of authorization (if submitted by an agent)

Fees

The business report fee is 10,000 won (9,000 won for online applications), and a change report is 5,000 won (4,000 won online) (Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Annex 15). Our office fee starts from the amount shown above and may vary depending on the location of the business office and storage warehouse, the number of contracted products, and whether one in-person submission (Seoul metropolitan area) is included; we will give you an exact quote after reviewing your documents.

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Legal basis and review date

• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 21
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 24
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 27
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 30
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 33
• Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 45
• Enforcement Decree of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 21
• Enforcement Rule of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Articles 35, 36, 44 and 49, Annexes 10, 13 and 15, Form No. 23

Checked against the statutes on 2026-10-26

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

• Operating a livestock product distribution seller business without reporting may be punished by imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to 10,000,000 won, and livestock products processed by a person who has not reported may not be sold (Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 45(6)9 and Article 33(1)7).
• Violating the business operator compliance rules, such as failing to record and keep transaction records or falsifying them, may lead to business suspension or closure of the business office (Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 27(1)1 and Article 31(2)).

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