South Korea: Policy-field institutional friction; pesticide wave aftershocks continue

Published 2024년 12월 12일

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In 2024, the laying hens industry experienced significant conflict due to efforts to improve breeding areas and regulations, including the highest number of breeding hens ever recorded. This led to exports to Vietnam being blocked due to detected salmonella and confusion in the edible egg sorting and packaging industry. After a 2018 revision of the Livestock Act, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs proposed changes to laying hen space, causing protest from farmers. The Korea Laying Hens Association sued the ministry for the retroactive application of the law without compensation, and Vietnam's strict quarantine regulations have impacted Korean laying hen exports.

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Sharp conflict over improving breeding area… Number of breeding hens surpasses 80 million, the highest ever Laying hens exported to Vietnam blocked… Controversy over unreasonable regulations for edible egg sorting and packaging [Livestock Newspaper Reporter Kim Soo-hyung] The laying hens industry in 2024 was truly eventful and fierce. Since the systems created after the pesticide egg incident in 2017 have not yet been established, there were conflicts here and there, and the number of laying hens exceeded 80 million for the first time ever. We have summarized the issues in the laying hens industry this year. ◆Opening the era of 80 million laying hens According to the 2024 third quarter livestock trend survey announced by Statistics Korea, the number of laying hens was 80.545 million, an increase of 4.418 million (5.8%) from the previous year and 2.32 million (3.0%) from the previous quarter. This is the first time since Statistics Korea announced that the number of laying hens has ...

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