According to the monthly notice of unqualified foods and cosmetics by GAC,150 batches of imported foods and 4 batch of imported cosmetics were found unqualified and refused for entry in November 2020.
Unqualified foods came from more than
30 countries or regions, of which Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan rank the top three.
The foods refused for entry did not comply with China’s laws and regulations. The main reasons of rejection were
food additives, nutritional fortifiers, unqualified labels, microbial contamination, failure to provide certificates or qualified certification materials as required, non-compliance with cargo certificates, detection of animal diseases, and failure to be inspected Quarantine access, expiry date, unqualified sensory inspection, and other reasons such as mildew, unqualified packaging, quality index problems, pesticide residues, etc.
Statistics also show that
Xiamen Port detected the largest number of unqualified foods, with
18 batches, followed by Tianjin and Ningbo.
In addition, 4 batches of cosmetics that were not allowed to enter the country were all produced in Hong Kong, China. The reason for the non-entry was the detection of boric acid and the port of entry was Gongbei.
The above-mentioned unqualified foods and cosmetics had been returned or destroyed at ports, according to GACC.
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