Foodmate has counted the foods that were not allowed to enter China from January to December 2021. In 2021, the national customs detected 2,893 batches of unqualified products during the supervision and were not allowed to enter China, an increase of 44.6% compared with the 2001 batches in 2020.

According to statistics, the most unqualified foods were detected in November, with 399 batches. The number of food batches that are not allowed to enter China is as follows:

In addition, there are 32 entry ports were involved in the statistics. The most unqualified food were detected in Shenzhen port, with 466 batches, followed by Shanghai port (347 batches) and Tianjin port (342 batches).

According to incomplete statistics, the reasons for these foods not allowed to enter the country are mainly concentrated in unqualified labels, inconsistent cargo certificates, detection of animal diseases, food additives use problems, microbial contamination, failure to provide certificates or certification materials as required and no inspection and quarantine access.

Among them, unqualified labels is the most reason to reject product enter China. The Administrative Measures of imported and Exported Food Safety stipulates that the labels of imported food shall comply with Chinese laws and regulations and national food safety standards; Chinese labels of imported health food and food for special dietary use must be printed on the smallest sales package and shall not be affixed. Foodmate reminds all importers to ensure that importing food products comply with the provisions of Chinese laws and regulations to avoid unnecessary losses.

Statistics also show that the origin of unqualified food involves more than 80 countries or regions, including Japan, India, Vietnam, Thailand, US, Australia, etc.

The unqualified foods and cosmetics had been returned or destroyed at ports according to GACC. Foodmate reminds consumers to check whether the products have Chinese labels when purchasing imported foods.