diff --git a/tools/import/extract.py b/tools/import/extract.py
index 9221b8c..4cfabcf 100644
--- a/tools/import/extract.py
+++ b/tools/import/extract.py
@@ -554,10 +554,14 @@ def dedup(animals):
             "photos": sorted(set(photos)),
             "sourceFiles": sorted(files),
             "mentions": len(grp),
+            # FEAT-8c: machine-readable quarantine marker so the API loader can skip
+            # conflicting records without parsing the German review report.
+            "conflict": False,
         }
         merged.append(out)
         # conflict: same animal, disagreeing genotype or farbschlag or death
         if len(genos) > 1 or len(farb) > 1 or len(deaths) > 1:
+            out["conflict"] = True
             conflicts.append({
                 "id": out["id"], "name": base["name"], "dob": out["dob"],
                 "genotypes": sorted(genos), "farbschlaege": sorted(farb),