Order of General Administration of

Customs of the People's Republic of China

No. 249

The Measures for Administration of Imported & Exported Food Safety of

the People's Republic of China was approved by the review meeting of
the General Administration of Customs on March 12, 2021 and will be
implemented from January 1, 2022. The former Measures for
Administration of Imported & Exported Food Safety of the People's
Republic of China issued in No. 144 Order of the General Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's
Republic of China on September 13, 2011 and revised according to No.
184 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on October 18, 2016 and
No. 243 Order of the General Administration of Customs released on
November 23, 2018, the former Measures for Administration of
Inspection and Quarantine of Exported Honey issued in No. 20 Order of
the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on February 22, 2000 and
revised according to No. 238 Order of General Administration of
Customs on April 28, 2018, the former Measures for Supervision and
Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Imported & Exported
Aquatic Products issued in No. 135 Order of General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic
of China on January 4, 2011 and revised according to No. 243 Order of
General Administration of Customs on November 23, 2018, the former
Measures for Supervision and Administration of Inspection and
Quarantine of Imported & Exported Meat Products issued in No. 136
Order of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and

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Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on January 4, 2011 and
revised according to No. 243 Order of General Administration of
Customs on November 23, 2018, the former Measures for Supervision
and Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Imported &
Exported Diary Products issued in No. 152 Order of General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the
People's Republic of China on January 24, 2013 and revised according to
No. 243 Order of General Administration of Customs on November 23,
2018 and the Management Regulations for Filing of Exported Food
Manufacturers issued in No. 192 Order of General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic
of China on November 14, 2017 and revised according to No. 243 Order
of General Administration of Customs on November 23, 2018 shall be
cancelled simultaneously.

General Director: Ni Yuefeng

April 14, 2021

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Measures for Administration of Imported & Exported Food
Safety of the People's Republic of China

Chapter I General Provisions

Article I The measures is formulated to guarantee the imported and
exported food safety and protect the life and health of human, animals
and plants according to the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of
China (hereinafter referred to as the "Food Safety Law") and its
enforcement regulations, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of
China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Inspection of Import
and Export Commodities and its enforcement regulations, the Quarantine
Law of Entry & Exit Animals and Plants of the People's Republic of
China and its enforcement regulations, the Frontier Health and
Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China and its enforcement
rules, the Quality and Safety Law of Agricultural Products and the
Special Provisions of the State Council on Strengthening Supervision and
Administration of Food and Other Products.
Article II The measures shall be complied with for carrying out the
following activities:
(I) Production and operation activities of imported and exported food;
(II) The customs shall supervise and manage the imported food
production operators and the food safety.
Production and operation activities of imported/exported food additives
and related products shall be carried out according to the provisions of the
General Administration of Customs.
Article III The imported and exported food safety shall be controlled in
the principle of "safety and prevention first, assisted by risk management,
whole-process control and international co-governance".
Article IV The imported and exported food production operators shall be
responsible for the food safety.

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The imported and exported food production operators shall carry out
production and operation activities according to the international
conventions and agreement concluded or participated by China, Chinese
laws and regulations and national food safety standards, subject to the
supervision and management by law, ensure the food safety and take the
responsibilities for society and the public.
Article V The General Administration of Customs shall supervise and
manage the imported and exported food safety of the whole country.
The customs at all levels shall supervise and manage the imported and
exported food safety in respective regions.
Article VI The customs shall improve the supervision and management
level of imported and exported food safety by information means.
Article VII The customs shall strengthen the publicity and education
of imported and exported food safety and popularize the food safety laws,
administrative regulations and national food safety standards and
knowledge.
The customs shall strengthen the exchange and cooperation with the
international organizations, governments, food industry associations and
consumer associations, and create an international co-governance layout
of imported and exported food safety.
Article VIII The customs personnel in charge of supervision and
management of imported and exported food safety shall have professional
knowledge.

Chapter II Food Import

Article IX The imported food shall conform to the Chinese laws,
regulations, national food safety standard or international conventions
concluded or participated by China and special requirements.
The imported food without applicable national safety standard shall
conform to the interim standards released by the health administrative
department of the State Council.

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Food produced with new raw materials shall be approved by the health
administrative department according to Article XXXVII of the Food
Safety Law.
Article XII The customs shall assess the conformity of imported food
according to the import and export commodity inspection laws and
administrative regulations.
Conformity assessment of imported food includes: Evaluation and review
on the food safety management system of the overseas country (region)
exporting food to China (hereinafter referred to as the overseas country
(region)), overseas manufacturer registration, importer/exporter filing and
conformity assurance, quarantine approval of entry animals and plants,
inspection of attached qualification certificates, document review, field
check, spot check, import and sales record inspection and the
combination of all the above.
Article XI The General Administration of Customs shall evaluate and
review the food safety management system and condition of the overseas
country (region), and determine the inspection and quarantine
requirements according to the evaluation and review result.
Article XII In any of the following circumstances, the General
Administration of Customs shall evaluate and review the overseas
country (region):
(I) The overseas country (region) applies for exporting a certain food to
China for the first time;
(II) The food safety, quarantine laws and regulations of animals and
plants and organization structure of the overseas country (region) are
changed greatly;
(III) The competent departments of the overseas country (region) apply
for major adjustment of the inspection and quarantine requirements of a
certain food exporting to China;
(IV) Major animal/plant epidemic or food safety events occurs in the
overseas country (region);

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(V) Serious problems are found in the food exporting to China and have
animal/plant epidemic or food safety hazards;
(VI) Other situations to be evaluated and reviewed.
Article XIII The evaluation and review on the food safety management
system of the overseas country (region) mainly includes the following
evaluation and confirmation:
(I) Food safety and animal/plant quarantine laws and regulations;
(II) Food safety supervision and management organization;
(III) Situation and control measures of animal/plant epidemic;
(IV) Management and control of pathogenic microorganism,
agricultural and veterinary drugs and pollutants;
(V) Safety and sanitation control of food production, processing,
transportation and warehousing;
(VI) Exported food safety supervision and management;
(VII) Food safety protection, tracing and callback system;
(VIII) Early warning and emergency mechanism;
(IX) Technical support capability;
(X) Other situations related to animal/plant epidemic and food safety.
Article XIV The General Administration of Customs shall organize
experts to carry out evaluation and review in the forms of data review,
video check, field check and the combination of all the above.
Article XV The General Administration of Customs shall organize
experts to review the application data and written evaluation
questionnaire submitted by the overseas country (region), including the
authenticity, integrity and effectiveness of information. The competent
department of relevant country (region) may be required to supplement
the information or data according to the data review situation.

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The General Administration of Customs shall organize experts to carry
out video check or field check on the food safety management system of
the approved country (region). The competent department and enterprises
of the relevant country (region) shall make rectifications for the existing
problems.
The relevant country (region) shall provide necessary assistance for the
evaluation and review.
Article XVI In any of the following circumstances, the General
Administration of Customs will terminate evaluation and review and
inform the competent department of the relevant country (region):
(I) No feedback is received within 12 months after receiving the written
evaluation questionnaire;
(II) No supplement information and materials are submitted within 3
months upon the request;
(III) Major animal/plant epidemic or food safety events occur;
(IV) Failure in cooperating with China to complete video or field check
and make rectifications;
(V) Active application for terminating the evaluation and review.
For the first and second items, the competent department of relevant
country (region) can apply for extension due to special reasons and
submit materials to the General Administration of Customs within
specified time after getting the approval.
Article XVII After evaluation and review, the General Administration
of Customs can inform the evaluation and review result to the competent
department of relevant country (region).
Article XVIII The General Administration of Customs shall carry out
registration management on the overseas manufacturers exporting food to
China and release the registered enterprises list.
Article XIX The overseas exporters or agents exporting food to China
(hereinafter referred to as "overseas exporters or agents") shall register in
the General Administration of Customs.

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The food exporters shall make register in the local customs.
The overseas exporters/agents and the food importers shall be responsible
for the authenticity and effectiveness of submitted data.
The overseas exporters/agents and food importers filing list will be
published by the General Administration of Customs.
Article XX If the filing content is changed, the overseas
exporters/agents and food importers shall handle the change procedures
in the filing organ within 60 days since the date of change.
The overseas exporters/agents and food importers are required to alter the
wrong filing information or untimely-changed content within specified
time.
Article XXI Food importers shall establish food importing and selling
record system, such as the food name, content/specification, quantity,
production date, production/import batch number, expiration date, name,
address and contact information of overseas exporters and purchasers and
delivery date, and save the certificates. The storage period of records and
certificates shall be no less than 6 months after the expiration of the
shelf-life; If no shelf-life is specified, the storage period shall be more
than 2 years after selling.
Article XXII The food importers shall establish an overseas exporters
and manufacturers review system, especially reviewing the following
content:
(I) Formulation and implementation situation of food safety risk control
measures;
(II) Compliance to Chinese laws, regulations and national food safety
standards.

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Article XXIII The customs shall supervise and check the review
activities of food importers. The food importers shall be cooperative to
provide relevant situation and materials truthfully.
Article XXIV The customs shall designate importing port and
supervision site for checking the imported food according to the risk
management requirements. The designated port and supervision site list
will be released by the customs.
Article XXV Food importers or agents shall make accurate declaration
to the customs for the imported food.
Article XXVI The customs shall carry out quarantine on the imported
food by law.
Article XXVII The customs shall carry out quarantine approval
management for the required imported food. Food importers shall obtain
the entry animals/plants quarantine approval before signing trading
contract or agreement.
Article XXVIII The customs shall conduct field check on the imported
food according to the supervision and management requirements,
including but not limited to:
(I) Whether the transport means and storage place meet the safety and
sanitation requirements;
(II) Whether the container number, seal number and identifications on the
inner and outer packages as well as the actual situation of cargoes are
consistent with the declaration information and attached documents;
(III) Whether the animal/plant derived food, packages and paving
materials have the situations specified in Article 22 of Regulations for
Implementation of Quarantine Law on Entry/Exit Animals and Plants;
(IV) Whether the inner/outer package conforms to the national food
safety standard and has contaminations, damage, wetting and permeation;

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(V) Whether the labels of inner/outer package, identifications and manual
conform to the laws, administrative regulations, national food safety
standards and the requirements of the General Administration of
Customs;
(VI) Whether the food has required sensory properties;
(VII) Whether the freshness and center temperature of frozen/chilled
food are qualified or have lesion, whether the freezing/chilling
temperature meets the requirements, whether the temperature control
equipment of cold chain works normally, whether the temperature record
is qualified, and boiling test shall be carried out when necessary.
Article XXIX The customs shall formulate the national/special imported
food safety supervision, check plans annually, and organize the
implementation.
Article XXX The package, label and identification of imported food
shall conform to Chinese laws, regulations and national food safety
standards; The imported food shall be attached with Chinese manual if
required by the law.
The inner/outer package of imported fresh/frozen meat products shall
have firm, clear and identifiable Chinese-English /the language of
exporting country (region) identifications, including the following
contents: Country of origin (region), product name, registration number
of manufacturer and batch number; The outer package shall have
specification, origin (specific to the state/province/city), destination
(China), production date, expiration date and storage temperature which
are marked in Chinese as well as the official inspection and quarantine
identification of the exporting country (region).
The inner/outer package of imported aquatic products shall have firm,
clear and identifiable identifications in Chinese and English or the
language of exporting country (region), including the following contents:
Commodity name, scientific name, specification, production date, batch
number, quality guarantee period, storage conditions, production modes
(marine/freshwater fishing and cultivation), production area
(marine/freshwater fishing and cultivation country or region), the name of
related production and processing enterprises (including the fishing,
processing and transport vessels and independent cold storage),
registration number and address (specific to the state/province/city), and
the destination (China).

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The Chinese label of imported health food and special dietary food shall
be printed on the minimum sales package rather than labeling.
The identifications on inner and outer packages of imported food shall
meet the special requirements if any.
Article XXXI The imported food shall be stored in the place designated
and approved by the customs after reaching the port; If necessary, the
movement of goods shall be permitted by the customs and have necessary
safety protection measures.
The designated or approved place shall meet the requirements of laws,
administrative regulations and national food safety standards.
Article XXXII Bulk imported food shall be checked at the unloading
port according to the requirements of the customs.
Article XXXIII The imported food shall be approved as qualified by
the customs before importing.
The customs will issue the non-conformity certificate for the unqualified
imported food; For the unqualified food related to safety, health and
environmental protection, the customs will inform the food importers in
written for destroy or rejection; Foods related to other unqualified items
shall be subject to technical treatment and pass the conformity assessment
before importing. The food importers shall destroy or reject the imported
foods which cannot be treated technically within specified time or still
unqualified after treatment.
Article XXXIV If the food safety events occurred overseas may result
in food safety hazard in China or the customs find unqualified products or
other safety problems during supervision and management, the General
Administration of Customs and the authorized regional customs office
can increase the sampling ratio according to the risk evaluation result.

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If unqualified food is found again or it is proved that the imported food
has major safety hazard after the customs increases the sampling ratio
according to the previous requirements, the General Administration of
Customs and the authorized regional customs office will order the food
importers to submit test report issued by qualified inspection institutions
in batches. The customs shall check the test report submitted by the food
importers.
Article XXXV In any of the following circumstances, the General
Administration of Customs shall stop or prohibit food importing
according to the risk evaluation result:
(I) Major animal/plant epidemic occurs in the exporting country (region)
or the food safety system is changed greatly and cannot ensure the safety
of food exporting to China;
(II) The imported food is polluted by the pathogens of infectious diseases
or proved to contain the media of infectious diseases and cannot be
treated with effective sanitation measures;
(III) The imported food is found to be unqualified with regard to the
safety, health and environmental protection after taking the control
measures specified in Paragraph II, Article XXXIV of this regulations;
(VI) The overseas manufacturers violate Chinese laws and regulations
seriously;
(V) Other information shows that the food has major safety hazard.
Article XXXVI When the safety risk of imported food controllable, the
General Administration of Customs and the regional customs office can
remove the control measures in the following ways:
(I) If the food is not found to be unqualified within specified time and
batches after taking the control measures specified in Paragraph I, Article
XXXIV of this regulations, the control measures can be removed based
on risk evaluation;

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(II) For the food taking the control measures specified in Paragraph II,
Article XXXIV of this regulations, if the exporting country (region) has
taken preventive measures and the General Administration of Customs
can guarantee the food safety through risk evaluation, control the
epidemic risk of animals and plants or no unqualified food is found
within specified time and batches since the implementation date, the
control measures can be removed based on risk evaluation;
(III) For the food prohibited to export and taking control measures, if
the competent department of exporting country (region) has taken risk
control measures and the food is proved to be qualified after the
evaluation of General Administration of Customs, the control measures
can be removed. For the food imported again, the General Administration
of Customs shall take the control measures specified in Article XXXIV
according to the actual situation.
Article XXXVII If the imported food does not conform to the laws,
administrative regulations and national food safety standard or proved to
be dangerous to human health, the food importers shall stop the export,
sales and use immediately according to Paragraph III, Article 63 and 94
of the Food Safety Law, call back the food, inform the production
operators and consumers, record the callback and notification situation
and report to the local customs.

Chapter III Food Export

Article XXXVIII Exported food manufacturers shall ensure the food
conforms to the standard of importing country (region) or the contract
requirements; The exported food shall conform to the international
conventions and agreement concluded or participated by China if there
are special requirements.
If the importing country (region) has no applicable standard or the
contract and the international conventions and agreement concluded or
participated by China has no requirements, the exported food
manufacturers shall ensure the compliance to the Chinese food safety
standard.

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Article XXXIX The customs shall supervise and manage the exported
food. The supervision and management measures include: Filing of raw
material plantation/cultivation farm and manufacturers, enterprise audit,
document review, field check, spot check, port check, overseas
notification and audit and combination of all the above.
Article XL The raw material plantation/cultivation farms shall register
in the local customs.
The General Administration of Customs shall publish the raw materials
plantation/cultivation farms list uniformly, and formulate the filing
procedures and requirements.
Article XLI The customs shall supervise the raw materials
plantation/cultivation farms through data review, field check and
enterprise audit.
Article XLII The exported food manufacturers shall register in the local
customs, and the filing procedures and requirements shall be formulated
by the General Administration of Customs.
Article XLIII If an overseas country (region) applies registration
administration to an export food production enterprise exported from
China to that country (region) and requires the General Administration of
Customs to recommend it, the export food production enterprise shall
submit application to the local customs which will report to General
Administration of Customs after initial audit.
The General Administration of Customs will carry out recommendation
registration according to the enterprise credit, supervision management
and the initial audit of local customs, and formulate specific procedures
and requirements.
Article XLIV The exported food manufacturers shall establish a perfect
traceable food safety and sanitation control system, ensure the effective
operation of system and the production, processing and storage process of
exported food conforming to Chinese laws, regulations and the
enterprise’s requirement for safety and sanitation. The exported food shall
also conform to the laws and regulations of importing country (region)
and the special requirements of international conventions and agreements.

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The exported food manufacturers shall establish supplier evaluation
system, incoming inspection record system, production record and
archives system, factory inspection record system, imported food tracing
system and unqualified food treatment system. All the records shall be
true and valid. The storage period shall be no less than 6 months after the
expiration of shelf-life; If shelf-life is not specified, the storage period
shall be no less than 2 years.
Article XLV The exported food manufacturers shall ensure the packing
and transport means of exported food meet the food safety requirements.
Article XLIVI The exported food manufacturers shall mark the filing
number, product name, batch number and product date on the package.
If the importing country (region) or the contract has special requirements,
the exported food manufacturers shall adjust the marked items stipulated
in previous provisions after the approval of the customs while ensuring
the traceability.
Article XLVII The customs shall supervise and check the operation of
food safety and sanitation control system of the manufactures in the
region. The supervision includes daily supervision and annual
supervision.
Supervision can be carried out in the forms of data review, field check,
enterprise audit, overseas notification and check, spot check and field
check.
Article XLVIII Exported food shall be subject to the inspection and
quarantine of the origin customs.
To facilitate foreign trade and meet the inspection and quarantine
requirements, the General Administration of Customs can designate other
places for inspection and quarantine.

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Article XLIX The exported food manufacturers and exporters shall
submit supervision application to the origin or exporting customs before
declaration according to the laws, administrative regulations and the
requirements of the General Administration of Customs.
The origin/exporting customs shall accept the supervision application
before declaration and carry out field check and supervision on the
exported food as required.
Article L The customs shall formulate the national exported food safety
supervision and sampling plan every year, and organize the
implementation.
Article LI The customs shall issue certificates for the exported food
which meets the field check and sampling requirements. The exporting
country (region) can adjust the certificate form and content after getting
the approval of the General Administration of Customs.
If the exported food is unqualified after the field check and sampling, the
customs shall inform the exporters or its agents in written. Exported food
shall be subject to technical treatment if the condition is permitted; Food
which cannot be treated technically or unqualified after technical
treatment shall not be exported.
Article LII Food exporters or its agents shall make accurate
declaration to the customs by law.
Article LIII Food which is found to be unqualified after check in the
port shall not be exported.
Article LIV If the exported food is notified by the international
organizations and foreign governments due to safety, the General
Administration of Customs shall organize review and adjust the sampling
ratio as required, order the food exporters to submit test report issued by
qualified inspection institutions in batches and cancel the registration
recommendation to the overseas competent authority.

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Article LVI If the exported food has safety problems and may be
harmful to the human health and life safety, the exported food production
operators shall take measures to avoid and reduce the hazard and report to
the local customs.
The customs shall report to the government in the same level or higher
above if the exported food is found to have safety problems during
supervision and management.

Chapter IV Supervision and Management

Article LVII The General Administration of Customs shall collect and
summarize the safety information of exported food according to Article
100 in the Food Safety Law and establish the information management
system.
Customs at different levels shall be responsible for collecting and
collating the safety information of exported food in the region or
designated by the superior customs, and report to the local government,
departments, institutions and enterprises as required. The notification
information related to other regions shall also be reported to the local
customs.
In addition to the content stipulated in Article 100 of the Food Safety Law,
the imported/exported food safety information collected and summarized
by the customs also includes the overseas technical trading measures.
Article LVIII The customs shall judge the risk of collected safety
information and determine the control measures according to judgment
result.
Article LIX If the overseas food safety events or epidemic situation
affect the imported/exported food safety or serious food safety problems
are found, the customs shall report to the General Administration of
Customs in time; The General Administration of Customs shall send risk
early warning, release the early warning notification in the customs
system according to the situation, report to the food safety supervision
and management department, sanitation administrative department and
agricultural administrative department, and publish risk warning
notification to the consumers when necessary.

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The General Administration of Customs shall take control measures
stipulated in Article XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI and LIV of the regulations
for the imported/exported food according to the risk warning notification
requirements.
Article LX The customs shall formulate the national
imported/exported food safety risk monitoring plan every year, and
collect the monitoring data and related information about the foodborne
diseases, food contamination and hazards systematically and
continuously.
Article LXI If the overseas food safety events may have an impact on
China or have uncontrollable risk after evaluation, the General
Administration of Customs shall release the risk warning notification in
the customs system or to the consumers according to the international
practice, and take the measures specified in Article XXXIV, XXXV, and
XXXVI.
Article LXII The customs shall formulate and organize the
implementation of emergency treatment plan for imported/exported food
safety emergencies.
Article LXIII The customs shall have the right to take following
measures when fulfilling the supervision and management responsibilities
for imported/exported food safety by the law:
(I) Field check in production place;
(II) Sampling inspection on food;
(III) Check and copy the contracts, bills, account books and other data;
(IV) Close down and detain the food that is proved to be incompliant
with the national food safety standards, has safety hazards and produced
illegally.

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Article LXIV The customs shall carry out credit management on the
imported/exported enterprises by the law.
Article LXV The customs shall carry out audit and check on the
imported/exported food production operators and the filing raw materials
plantation/cultivation farms.
Article LXVI The transit food shall meet the supervision requirements of
the General Administration of Customs. The transit food shall not be
unpacked or unloaded from the transport tools without the approval of
customs, but transported away within specified time.
Article LXVII The imported/exported food production operator shall
apply for recheck when having objections to the check result of the
customs.
In any of the following circumstances, the customs will not carry out
recheck;
(I) The test result shows that the microorganism exceeds the standard;
(II) The backup samples for recheck is expired;
(III) The backup samples cannot be rechecked due to other reasons.

Chapter V Legal Responsibilities

Article LXVIII The customs will give a warning if the filing content of
food importers is changed but not handle the changing procedures as
required.
The customs will impose a fine of less than RMB 10,000 for the food
importers who provide false information.
Article LXIX If the imported/exported food operation operators do
not assist for food safety check, refuse to be questioned or provide
materials, or the response and materials are inconsistent with the actual
situation, the customs will give a warning or impose a fine of less than
RMB 10,000.

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Article LXX If the pre-packed food has no Chinese labels, the label
does not meet the requirements of laws, regulations and national food
safety standards or the food importers refuse to destroy, reject or treat the
unqualified food technically as required, the customs will give a warning
or impose a fine of less than RMB 10,000.
Article LXXI If the imported food is transported away from the
designated or approved place without permission, the customs will order
the manufacturers to make rectifications and impose a fine of less than
RMB 10,000.
Article LXXII If the following illegal behaviors are equal to the
content "Exporting food without obeying the regulations" specified in
Item III, Paragraph I in Article 129 of the Food Safety Law, the customs
shall give a punishment according to the regulations in Article 124;
(I) Changing the exported food arbitrarily which have been checked by
the customs and issued with an order.
(II) Exporting the inferior and false goods or substituting the qualified
food with unqualified food;
(III) Exporting food produced by the unregistered food manufacturers;
(IV) Exporting food produced by the unregistered food manufacturers
to the country (region) that has registration requirements, or exporting
food beyond the registration scope of the registered manufacturers;
(V) Exporting food produced by the unregistered raw materials
plantation/cultivation farms as required;
(VI) Exported food production operators have the behaviors specified
in Article 123, 124, 125 and 126 of the Food Safety Law, and the
exported food does not meet the requirements of importing country
(region).
Article LXXIII Those violating the regulations and constituting crime
shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.

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 Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Article LXXIV The special supervision area of the customs, the
bonded supervision places, market purchasing, small-amount trade and
border trade shall be supervised and managed according to the regulations
of the General Administration of Customs.
Article LXXV The imported/exported food in the form of mailing,
express, cross border e-commerce retail and carrying by passengers shall
be supervised and managed according to the regulations of the General
Administration of Customs.
Article LXXVI The non-trade food such as samples, gifts, exhibits and
aides, duty-free food, foods taken or used by the foreign embassies and
consulates in China and relevant staff, the embassies and consulates
abroad and relevant staff or overseas personnel of Chinese enterprises
shall be supervised and managed according to the regulations of the
General Administration of Customs.
Article LXXVII The imported/exported food production operators
specified in the regulations include: Overseas production enterprises
exporting food to China, overseas exporters or agents, food importers,
exported food manufacturers, exporters and relevant personnel.
The exported food overseas manufacturers specified in the measures
include the overseas production, processing and storage enterprises
exporting food to China.
The importer/exporter of imported food in the measures includes the
overseas exporters or agents exporting goods to China and food
importers.
Article LXXVIII The measures shall be interpreted by the General
Administration of Customs.
Article LXXVIX The measures will be implemented from January 1,
2022. The former Measures for Administration of Imported & Exported
Food Safety of the People's Republic of China issued in No. 144 Order of
the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on September 13, 2011 and
revised according to No. 184 of the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
on October 18, 2016 and No. 243 Order of the General Administration of

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Customs released on November 23, 2018, the former Measures for
Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Exported Honey issued in
No. 20 Order of the General Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on February
22, 2000 and revised according to No. 238 Order of General
Administration of Customs on April 28, 2018, the former Measures for
Supervision and Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of
Imported & Exported Aquatic Products issued in No. 135 Order of
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on January 4, 2011 and
revised according to No. 243 Order of General Administration of
Customs on November 23, 2018, the former Measures for Supervision
and Administration of Inspection and Quarantine of Imported &
Exported Meat Products issued in No. 136 Order of General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the
People's Republic of China on January 4, 2011 and revised according to
No. 243 Order of General Administration of Customs on November 23,
2018, the former Measures for Supervision and Administration of
Inspection and Quarantine of Imported & Exported Diary Products
issued in No. 152 Order of General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
on January 24, 2013 and revised according to No. 243 Order of General
Administration of Customs on November 23, 2018 and the Management
Regulations for Filing of Exported Food Manufacturers issued in No. 192
Order of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China on November 14, 2017 and
revised according to No. 243 Order of General Administration of
Customs on November 23, 2018 shall be cancelled simultaneously.

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