Quarantine Headquarters Busts Illegal Imported Livestock Products Sold Online

Recently, the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (Director Choi Jeong-rok, hereafter referred to as the Quarantine Agency) announced that, as a result of monitoring online sites for the distribution and sale of illegal imported livestock products since January of this year, 797 sites distributing and selling livestock products produced in countries with import bans, such as China and Thailand, were detected and subsequently blocked. The Quarantine Agency stated that since the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in online transactions by consumers has led to a rise in the illegal importation of quarantine-subject items through online platforms. To prevent the domestic spread of foreign animal diseases, the agency is monitoring the online distribution and sale of illegal imported livestock products. For the detected illegal livestock distribution and sales sites, the agency notifies the Korea Communications Standards Commission to have them blocked, and in cases where the domestic entry ...