On January 24th, 2013, The State
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine (AQSIQ) announced the "Supervision and Administration of
Inspection and Quarantine of Imported and Exported Dairy Products" (AQSIQ
Decree No. 152, hereinafter referred to as the "measures"), which
will be implemented from May 1st, 2013.1
Foreign Dairy manufacturing enterprise intend exporting dairy
products to China, must be registered in the AQSIQ
registration system.
For the first import of dairy products, the Foreign Dairy importer
or agent should provide a testing report following the national food
safety product standard, including the requirements of GB 2761 and
GB 2762.
For subsequent imports of dairy product, the test items are in the
below table 1. those test items be tested by China Inspection
and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ), then can pass the Imported Dairy Foods Health certificate.
In China, the imported food is divided into 4 risk levels
from low to high :
A, B, C, D ; Different levels of
supervision are adopted for foods with different risk
levels;
The medium to high risky imported food categories
include:Meat products, aquatic products, dairy products,
sausage casings, bird nest products, bee products, egg
products, edible oils and fats, oilseeds, stuffed wheaten
products, edible grains, milled grain industry products and
malt, fresh and dehydrated vegetables and dried beans,
condiments, nuts and seeds, dried fruits, unroasted coffee
beans and cocoa beans, foods for special dietary purposes,
and health foods, Animal feed etc.
In addition to the above-mentioned general food import
procedures, the risky imported food also need to go through
other government procedures of Manufacturer
Registration / Certifcation, Pre-market approval of the
product etc.
