Since 2004, the Korean Government has run the Beef Traceability System. This system requires ID numbers with the age of the beef animal of origin, supplier, distributor, the beef's grade, and butchering date and originating butchery.
Since 2004, the Korean government has been operating a system for tracking beef origins. This system requires unique identifiers that include the age of the animal at its origin, information about the supplier, details about the distributor, the grade of the beef, and the date it was slaughtered and where it was butchered.