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South Korea Veterinary GMP Overhaul 2027: Four Major Changes and What They Mean
South Korea is rewriting the rulebook for how veterinary drugs get made. On July 30, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) released a revised Veterinary Drug Handling Rules that raises the country’s Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. The new framework takes effect in 2027 and is set to be fully rolled out by 2035. If you make, import, or plan to sell veterinary drugs in Korea, this is not a small tweak. It is a structural reset. The bar for quality assurance goes up, product-specific evaluations come in, and a re-inspection obligation appears that simply did not exist before. Here is what changed, why it changed, and…


