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AQISQ to Intensify E-commerce Product Supervision

On September 28, 2016, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) published the draft of Measures of E-commerce Product Quality Spot Check Management (hereinafter called the measure) aiming to intensify supervision of products sold on the internet. 

Take home:

  • AQSIQ released a draft of a new measure detailing the official inspection method for products sold via e-commerce channels.
  • The new measure designates product manufacturers as the responsible party in cases of inspection failures and subsequent punitive measures.

Circulation of unqualified products has been commonplace in Chinas ecommerce platforms for many years. On September 28, 2016, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) published the draft of Measures of E-commerce Product Quality Spot Check Management (hereinafter called the measure) aiming to intensify supervision of products sold on the internet. The public consultation deadline is October 10, 2016.

Inspection procedure

The measure applies to products relevant to human health and safety including food. Sampling method and quality testing processes are detailed in the measure, and inspection results will be published and open to the public. Before the measure, sampling problems were the major obstacles preventing official supervision. Under the new measure, regulatory officials will act as mystery buyers and will buy products from the internet during which the whole transaction process will be recorded. In addition, both national and provincial inspection and quarantine authorities will inspect e-commerce products.
 
Designation of responsibility

Previously, consumers usually went to e-commerce operators to complain about product problems, but the problem cannot be effectively solved since e-commerce operators have no connection with manufacturers. Consequently, many unqualified and fake products are sold via e-commerce channels. The new measure classifies the responsibilities of stakeholders along the supply chain designating manufacturers as the primary responsible party. E-commerce operator and sellers on e-commerce platform are required to provide corresponding product and manufacturer information to competent authority when necessary. If products fail in the inspection, manufacturers should suspend production and rectify within 30 days.
 
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