| NATIONAL ANIMAL QUARANTINE SERVICE |
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07. 1909Establishment of Export Cattle Quarantine Service 06. 1949Establishment of Pusan Animal Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 05. 1962Renamed to National Animal Quarantine Service Establishment of BranchOffice (Seoul '63, Cheju '68, Inchon '74, Kunsan '78, Pusan '79) 10. 1979Movement of Headquarters to Seoul 03. 1990Establishment of Laboratory Inspection Division and International Cooperation Division 12. 1993Establishment of Epidemic Inspection Division and Sanitary Inspection Division |
NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
04. 1911Establishment of Rindepest Serum Manufacture Institute in Pusan 05. 1942Renamed to Animal Health Research Institute and Establishment of Anyang Branch 04. 1962Incorporated to Rural Development Administration and (Anyang Headquarters and Pusan Branch) 10. 1963Pusan Branch integrated to Anyang Headquarters and Establishment of New Division(Avian Disease Division '63, Parasitology Division '67, Residue and Toxicology Division and Foreign Animal Disease Division '93) 12. 1994Renamed to National Veterinary Research Institute 08. 1998Incorporated to Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| NATIONAL PLANT QUARANTINE SERVICE |
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12. 1912Conducted inspection of imported fruit trees and ornamental cherry trees 07. 1959Started the plant quarantine service at customs offices and cities and provinces 12. 1961Enacted the Plant Protection Act 04. 1978Established the National Plant Quarantine Service 01. 1986Opened 12 branch offices under 5 regional offices 03. 1990Established Jungbu and Yeongnam Regional Offices,and opened 2 additional branch offices under Jungbu Regional office 08. 1991Established Jungbu and Yeongnam Regional Offices,and opened 2 additional branch offices under Jungbu Regional office 12. 1994Opened another branch office in Incheon International Airport office 12. 1995Changed the official title(Korean) of the organization 12. 2001Increased 2 divisions at the headquarters and opened 4 additional branch offices 07. 2003Opened 1 post-entry quarantine station 04.2005Increased 2 divisions at the headquarters and opened 1 additional post-entry quarantine station 11.2007Revised the Plant Protection Act in response to the WTO/SPS |
| NATIONAL FISHERIES PRODUCTS QUALITY INSPECTION SERVICE |
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07. 1906Started Inspection of dry sardines under the Regulation on Dry Sardine Treatment at the Mok-Po Chamber of Commerce and Industry 04. 1937Established the Fisheries Products Quality Inspection station 02. 1955Moved to the Marine Affairs Office within the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and reorganized as the Central Fisheries Products Quality Inspection station. 10. 1961Moved to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 08. 1996Moved to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and reorganized the National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection station 03. 2001Renamed as the National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service 02. 2008Moved to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. |
ANIMAL AND PLANT QUARANTINE AGENCY |
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06. 2011Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency established (Department of Livestock Products Safety and Fishery Products Safety were transferred to the M.O.F. and M.F.D.S.)03. 2013Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency established 05. 2016APQA headquarters was relocated to Gimcheon Innovative City, Gyeongsangbuk-do |
