174 Batches of Imported Food Rejected in June 2020, Dairy Products Involved

On Jul 15^th, China GAC released the list of non-compliant food products in June, 2020. ^[1] A total of 174 batches of food from 32 different countries/regions were rejected, most of which were aquaculture products, meat and meat products and beverages.

Dairy Product Involved 

Two batches of Wyeth Nutrisure (“膳儿加”) nutrition powder (solid beverage) were rejected for discrepancy between cargo and certificate. According to Beijing Customs, the original label of this product indicated “Wyeth Nutrisure PE GOLD nutrition supplementary formula milk powder for picky eating children,” while another label was tagged on the package showing “Wyeth Nutrisure nutrition powder (solid beverage)”. Technical inspection results showed that the nutritional components of this product were basically consistent with the nutrition facts shown on the true inside label, while they do not conform to GB standards of either milk powder or solid beverages. ^[2] 

A batch of Fonterra whole milk powder failed to import due to unqualified sensory inspection. It is noteworthy that Fonterra milk powder has been rejected for three months consecutively starting from April this year.^[2] Among three batches of non-compliant Fonterra products from April to June, two batches were whole milk powder rejected for sensory inspection failure, and one batch of skimmed milk powder was rejected for unqualified package.

Reasons for Rejection

Main reasons for rejection in June were:

• Animal epidemic diseases (22%)

• Unqualified Labeling (17.5%)

• Sensory test failure (15.3%)

• Discrepancy between cargo and certificate (13%)

• Containing ingredients without inspection and quarantine access (5.6%)

• Exceeding the use of food additives/nutritional fortification substances (5.6%)

• Failure to obtain access upon inspection and quarantine (5.1%)

• Pesticide or veterinary drug residue (4.5%)

• Lack of documents or evidential materials as required (4.5%)

Other reasons include microorganism contamination, food spoilage, etc.

Origin

29 batches of rejected imported food products (16.6% of total rejections) originated from Taiwan, China.

Category

Aquaculture products, meat and meat products, beverages were the major categories subject to import failure, which accounted for 29.8%, 18.9% and 11.4% respectively of all rejected food in June.