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Feasibility of New Off-Leash Dog Reporting System in Question

Feasibility of New Off-Leash Dog Reporting System in Question

SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new companion animal safety law requiring pet owners to keep their dogs on a leash in public amid a spate of vicious dog attacks in recent months is already being questioned over its effectiveness. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Wednesday, a new reporting [...]

Wholesale Chicken Prices to be Disclosed at Retail Stores

Wholesale Chicken Prices to be Disclosed at Retail Stores

SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Wholesale prices for chicken products sold at major supermarkets and chicken franchises will be revealed to customers starting today. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced on its official website on Thursday it will require retail giants in the chicken industry to state wholesale prices in [...]

South Korea to Improve Livestock Breeding to Secure Food Safety

South Korea to Improve Livestock Breeding to Secure Food Safety

SEJONG, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will expand free range livestock husbandry in raising chickens as a way to improve food safety following the recent pesticide egg scandal that rocked the nation, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. At the policy briefing held before President Moon Jae-in in Sejong, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food [...]

Ministry of Agriculture to Look Into Corruption Issues in Wake of Egg Contamination Scandal

Ministry of Agriculture to Look Into Corruption Issues in Wake of Egg Contamination Scandal

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture is set to look into issues of corruption surrounding the recent egg contamination scandal that swept across South Korea, after discovering some former government officials now work for private environmental certification issuers. “Once the contamination scandal calms down, we plan to look into the possible causes [...]

More Egg Products Contaminated with Pesticides, Government Says

More Egg Products Contaminated with Pesticides, Government Says

SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Wednesday that eggs from four more farms in the country have been found to be contaminated with harmful pesticides, escalating the health scare over tainted egg products here. Some eggs at a farm with 55,000 hens in Cheorwon, 80 kilometers north of Seoul, were [...]

S. Koreans’ Meat Consumption Lags Behind OECD Average in 2014

S. Koreans’ Meat Consumption Lags Behind OECD Average in 2014

SEJONG, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans’ meat consumption has increased a large extent for the past few decades but still lags far behind the average intake of other advanced countries, a government report showed Friday. According to the report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the country’s annual per-capita consumption [...]