South Korea: Easily check Hanwoo history with QR code

A program has been developed that allows you to easily search for Korean beef history information anywhere in the world. The National Institute of Animal Products Quality Evaluation (Director Park Byeong-hong) has developed the ‘Overseas Korean Beef Labeling Program’ to actively support Korean beef exports. Through this program, labels can be easily printed at the export site, and consumers can check the history information of Korean beef through the QR code on the label. In the future, overseas consumers will be able to transparently check the production and distribution process of Korean beef, which will increase reliability and enable Korean beef to have international competitiveness that differentiates it from other beef in the long term. The special feature of this newly developed program is that it automatically retrieves Korean beef grade and BMS (intramuscular fat) information and generates individual QR codes. In the case of stores such as marts, you can input additional ...