[National Audit File] 40.6% shortage of livestock disease control officers···"Improvement of treatment urgent"

Published 2025년 10월 2일

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[Reporter Hong Lan, Korean Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] It has been revealed that the shortage of livestock quarantine officials nationwide is at a critical level. As securing personnel faces difficulties every year, there is a pressing need to address the issue through measures to improve treatment and train specialized personnel. According to data submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to the National Assembly's Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Food and Marine Affairs, as of June 2025, the shortage of livestock quarantine officials (civil servants) nationwide is 673 people, which is 40.6% less than the appropriate number. The Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act stipulates that the appropriate number of livestock quarantine officials should be 1,657 people, but currently there are

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A severe shortage of livestock quarantine officials has been revealed. With difficulties in securing personnel each year, there is an urgent call for measures to improve treatment and train specialized personnel. According to data submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to Representative Kim Seon-gyo of the People Power Party (Gyeonggi Yeoju-Yangpyeong) from the National Assembly's Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Food and Marine Affairs, as of June 2025, the shortage of livestock quarantine officials (public servants) nationwide is 673 people, which is 40.6% less than the appropriate number. The Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act stipulates that the appropriate number of livestock quarantine officials should be 1,657, but the current number of livestock quarantine officials is only 984, including 250 public health veterinarians and 734 veterinary public servants. Regionally, Busan was the most severe, with a shortage of 63%, with 17 ...

Source: Agrinet