These foods came from 37 countries or regions, such as Australia, Pakistan, Brazil, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France, the Philippines and Georgia. Foods from Italy, the United States, Japan, Australia and Taiwan were found with a relatively high unqualified rate, especially from Italy.

The foods refused for entry did not comply with China’s laws and regulations. The main reasons of rejection were: illegal use (out of application range or excessive dosage) of food additives, microbial contamination, non-compliant food label, failure to provide required certificates, non-compliant trace element content, etc., noteworthy, the most occurred reason was illegal use of food additives. In addition, some products were rejected due to unqualified package, inconformity of goods and documents or lack of inspection and quarantine approval.

The above mentioned unqualified foods had been returned or destroyed at ports, according to GAC.