China Implements New Import and Export Requirements for Dairy Products

June 4, 2013 - PRLog -- On January 24th, 2013, The State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) announced the "Supervision and Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Imported and Exported DairyProducts" (AQSIQ Decree No. 152, hereinafter referred to as the "measures"), which will be implemented from May 1st, 2013(1).

This announcement extends on the Relevant Requirements for Implementing the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Imported and Exported Dairy Products by AQSIQ Announcement No. 53, released on April 15th, 2013(2).

The "measures" refer to:

- The People's Republic of China Food Safety Law and its implementing regulations;
- The Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of P.R.C. and its implementing regulations;
- The Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine Act and its implementing regulations;
- The State Council on Strengthening Food and Product Safety Supervision and Management of Special Provisions;
- The Dairy Quality and Safety Supervision and Management Regulations and other laws, regulations.

The "measures" cover the contents of the dairy classifications and definitions, detailed regulations on the contents of dairy imports, exports products, risk warning, liability, implementing the supervision and management. Meanwhile, if the dairy importers and exporters have objections on the inspection and quarantine results, retesting can be applied for via the Provisions of the Import and Export Commodity Re-inspection Management Approach.

A further clarification of the contents and the scope of application have been described in the Implementation Requirements of “measures”. Businesses exporting dairy products to China should register in the registration system. For the first import of dairy products, the importer or agent should provide a testing report following the national food safety product standard, including the requirements of GB 2761 and GB 2762. For subsequent imports of dairy product, the implementation requirements of “measures” are shown in a recent SGS SafeGuards article in table 1 (http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/0...).

According to the Implementation Requirements of “measures” testing organizations are required to obtain the China Metrology Accreditation of Food (CMAF). The SGS China Agriculture & Food Unit has 10 laboratories, which all hold CMAF accreditation.

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Resources

(1) http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn/xxgk_13386/jlgg_12538/zjl/2013/20... (in Chinese)
(2) http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn/xxgk_13386/jlgg_12538/zjgg/2013/201304/t20130417_352863.htm (in Chinese)

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