Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Prepares to Import Lithuanian Chicken

Published 2020년 7월 28일

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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea has announced new regulations for the import of poultry meat, particularly from Lithuania. The regulations stipulate that the poultry meat must be hatched and raised in Lithuania, meet Korean standards for hygiene and pathogens, and the slaughterhouses where the poultry is processed must be sanitized. The operators of these slaughterhouses must also run a food safety management program and maintain records of ingredient and shipping management for over two years. Additionally, only institutions certified by the Korean government can conduct inspections on the imported chicken. This move is part of the Ministry's efforts to ensure the safety of livestock products.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Mi-mi = The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 28th that it had prepared a notice stipulating hygiene requirements for imported poultry meat ahead of the import of Lithuanian chicken. Poultry meat is a by-product of meat and meat derived from animals such as chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quails, and pheasants. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's announcement of import hygiene requirements for Lithuanian poultry included the requirements of origin and slaughterhouse. Poultry meat intended to be exported to Korea must be hatched and raised in Lithuania, and the remaining material and pathogenic microbial standards for poultry meat must meet Korean standards. In Lithuania, slaughterhouses are inspected and inspected and sanitary. In addition, Lithuanian workplace operators who have exported chickens to Korea must run a food safety management program and keep records of food ingredients and shipping management for more than two ...

Source: Yna