The Notice No.248 of the General Administration of Customs, "Provisions on the Administration of Registration of Foreign Enterprises Producing Imported Food of P. R. China" and Notice No.249, "Measures for the Safety Administration of Imported and Exported Food of P. R. China" were published on 12th April, 2021, and the implementation will start on 1st January,2022. The foreign food companies that export food to China are facing huge changes. It is important that foreign food companies keep following the new rules which will be published soon, in order to achieve a successful registration. The critical changes are listed as follows:
A. Food classified in Article 7 of order No.248 (totally 18 sub-categories) are as follows:
Food that belongs to the above categories are subsumed in the "Registration by Recommendation of Competent Authorities" category, the required documents are as follows:
B. As for the food which are NOT classified in Article 7 of Order No.248, subsume in the "Enterprises Applying Registration" category, the required documents are as follows:
To ALL kinds of food manufacturers, the General Administration of Customs has the duty to "organise the Evaluation team by itself or consign the relative structure, to do the evaluation and examination of the Foreign Enterprises Producing Imported Food registration applicants, through documents, video, on-site and combination methods."
The certification validity period of Foreign Enterprises Producing Imported Food registration is extended to 5 years (was 4 years).
Our company has a number of experts engaged in food inspection, testing and consulting and form a high-quality professional service team. Relying on the advantages of familiarity with Chinese food-related laws, regulations and standards and localized services in the European region, we can provide European food manufacturers and related parties a variety of services, including but not limited to:
At present, General Administration of Customs. of P. R. China has not yet announced specific details of the Administration of Registration of Foreign Enterprises Producing Imported Food application process or inspection requirement. CCIC will keep following up on further information and share related news with our customers.