CCIC Germany GmbH provides professional registration advise for European food companies

CCIC Germany GmbH provides professional registration advise for European food companies, regarding to “Provisions on the Administration of Registration of Foreign Producers of Imported Food” of P. R. China

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:

1. All classes of food need to be registered, divided into two categories by different classifications

A. Food classified in Article 7 of order No.248 (totally 18 sub-categories) are as follows:

1. Meat and meat products
2. Casings
3. Fish and Sea products
4. Dairy products
5. Bird’s nest soup and its products
6. Bee products
7. Egg and egg products
8. Edible fat and oil
9. Stuffed wheaten food
10. Edible cereals
11. Cereal milling industrial products and malt
12. Fresh or dehydration vegetables and dried beans
13. Condiment
14. Nuts and seeds
15. Dried fruits
16. Unbaked coffee beans and cocoa beans
17. Special dietary food
18. Dietary supplement

Food that belongs to the above categories are subsumed in the "Registration by Recommendation of Competent Authorities" category, the required documents are as follows:

1. Recommendation letter from the local competent authorities
2. Company list and company registration application
3. Company certification. E.g. Business license from the local competent authorities
4. Compliance statement of order No.248 from the local competent authorities
5. The inspection report from the local competent authorities
6. If necessary, the General Administration of Customs could require the documents of food safety and hygiene, and the documents of the protection system of companies. E.g. Floor plan of the factory, workshop or frigidaire, process flow diagram, etc.

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:

1. Company registration application
2. Company certification. E.g. Business license from the local competent authorities
3. The compliance assurance statement of order No.248 from the company

2. Multiple inspection methods of Customs

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."

3. Extend Certification valid period

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:

• Training programme of Chinese laws and standard of Safety Administration of Imported and Exported Food, and link it with your Safety Administration system and products
• Detection of the compliance of China food national standard
• Factory pre-checking, find and prevent the potential matters
• Assist your application registration
• Assist your remote/on-site inspection and evaluation
• Strategic consulting of the compliance of Chinese market entry rules

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.