ACT ON ORIGIN LABELING OF AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY PRODUCTS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to protect producers and consumers by inducing fair trade and guaranteeing the right of consumers to be informed by having the producers indicate the country of origin and manage the distribution history of agricultural and fishery products and the processed products thereof, etc. in an appropriate and reasonable manner.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Nov. 30, 2021]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jul. 21, 2011; Jun. 22, 2015; Dec. 2, 2016; Dec. 8, 2020; Nov. 30, 2021>

1. The term "agricultural product" means an agricultural product defined in subparagraph 6 (a) of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Agriculture, Rural Community and Food Industry;

2. The term "fishery product" means a fishery product produced by fishery activities defined in subparagraph 1 (a) of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Fisheries and Fishing Villages Development and by aquaculture activities defined in item (e) of the same subparagraph;

3. The term "agricultural and fishery product" means an agricultural products and fishery product;

4. The term "place of origin" means a country, area or waters where agricultural products or fishery products are produced, gathered or caught;

4-2. The term “distribution history” means the transaction details for each distribution stage from the time of importation of imported agricultural products and processed agricultural products until the sale to consumers, the specific scope of which is prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs;

5. The term "food service business" means a food service business referred to in Article 36 (1) 3 of the Food Sanitation Act;

6. The term "place of mass feeding" means a place of mass feeding defined in subparagraph 12 of Article 2 of the Food Sanitation Act;

7. The term "mail order sale" means a mail order sale defined in subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Act on the Consumer Protection in the Electronic Commerce, etc., which is prescribed by Presidential Decree (including cases where agricultural and fishery products are sold in the course of electronic commerce defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the same Act);