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GACC No. 136 of 2022 (Announcement on the Implementation of National Food Safety Standard Inspection Requirements for the Import of Infant Formula, Processed Cheese and Other Products)

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"National Food Safety Standard for Infant Formula", "National Food Safety Standard for Older Infant Formula", "National Food Safety Standard for Infant Formula", "National Food Safety Standard for Processed Cheese and Cheese Products", "National Food Safety Standard for Concentrated Dairy Products" (hereinafter collectively referred to as the New National Standards) will be implemented in the near future. In order to implement the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", further optimize the business environment, and promote the stable development of foreign trade, with reference to international practices and domestic regulatory requirements, and after discussion with the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation , hereby announces the implementation of standards for the import of the above-mentioned products as follows:


  1. From the date of implementation of the New National Standards, overseas enterprises shall produce food for export to China in accordance with the New National Standards. Products produced and imported before the implementation date of the new national standard that comply with the original national standard can continue to be imported and sold within the warranty period according to the implementation of the domestic standard and the rules of the World Trade Organization. If there are special regulations, the special regulations shall prevail.

  2. In order to do a good job of connecting the old and new standards, the domestic consignee of imported goods or its customs declaration agent must fill in the "production date" when declaring the above-mentioned products actually imported to the customs, and the production date should be consistent with the production date on the product label , specifically fill in 8-digit numbers in the order of year (4 digits), month (2 digits), and day (2 digits).


The above requirements shall be implemented from the implementation date of each New National Standard.


Special announcement.


Original Announcement:http://www.customs.gov.cn/customs/302249/302266/302267/4767851/index.html 


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