| Dec. 1909 | Inspection of exported unpolished rice in Mokpo CCI (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) |
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| Jan. 1949 | Establishment of the Agricultural Products Inspection Office(APIO) and enactment of the Law on Agricultural Products Inspection |
| Dec. 1962 | Renamed as the National Agricultural Products Inspection Office(NAPIO) |
| May. 1963 | Establishment of an Experiment Station under the control of NAPIO |
| Jan. 1974 | Undertaking of food grain consumption statistics from food grain policy division |
| Dec. 1986 | Movement of the Headquarters to Anyang, Gyeonggi from Jongro, Seoul |
| Jul. 1992 | Initiation of quality certification of agricultural products |
| Jun. 1993 | Undertaking of the standardization of agricultural products |
| Feb. 1994 | Appointed as the full responsible office for marketing management of agricultural products(Undertaking for the management for labeling of origin) |
| Jul. 1996 | Implementation of inspection on ginseng and its processed products |
| Aug. 1996 | Implementation of safety inspection on agricultural products |
| Jan. 1998 | Shutting down 19 branch offices (137 → 118 offices) |
| Jul. 1998 | incorporation of the National Agricultural Products Inspection Office (11 provinces, 118 branch offices) and the Agricultural Statistics Offices (9 provinces, 142 branch offices) |
| Jul. 1999 | Renamed to the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service |
| Nov. 2006 | Reorganization from department system to team system |
| Nov. 2007 | Establishment of customized agricultural administration team |
| Mar. 2008 | Reorganization from team system to department system (7 teams → 6 departments) & transfer of agricultural statistics function |
| Apr. 2009 | Reorganization from customized agricultural administration department to agricultural business information department |
