Communicable Disease Control Act Article 23

During domestic epidemics, local competent authorities shall, as necessary for communicable disease control, strictly prohibit the raising, slaughtering, sales, donation, discarding of various animals or animal remains as well as foods and beverages that have been confirmed to transmit communicable diseases and shall exterminate, destruct, bury, or chemically handle them or take other necessary actions.Competent authorities, as necessary for communicable disease control, shall apply the prohibition and management provisions mentioned in the preceding Paragraph to animals suspected of transmitting communicable diseases.As necessary for communicable disease control, when major outbreaks of zoonotic diseases occur in animals, competent authorities shall request the central competent authority for agriculture to take necessary actions in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease.