The implementation of the Detailed Rules for the Administration of Bad Records of Imported Foods (AQSIQ Order No.43-2014) began on 1 Jul 2014 (see CL Food News on 16 Sep 2014). On Dec 30th AQSIQ published the first blacklist of 31 companies that imported non-compliant food products to China, including 13 importers, 9 overseas food manufacturers and 9 foreign exporters. The major consequences of being blacklisted is official receipt of a risk warning from AQSIQ, financial loss due to goods being rejected or destroyed by local CIQs, reputation loss due to the public announcement of the bad record information and requirements to conduct further product testing to verify the compliance of subsequent exports. According to AQSIQ, the identification of a substandard specific item is the main problem. Unqualified foods include tea, chocolates, instant noodles, ice cream and beverages.
Table 1: Part of Blacklisted food enterprises and control measures
Company | Product category | Control measures for next import |
江苏品味佳国际贸易有限公司 | dried fruits and nuts products | Submit sulfur dioxide testing report |
东山县新发贸易有限公司 | Oolong tea, black tea | Submit rare earth testing report |
乐一百贸易（深圳）有限公司 | Chocolate | Submit tartrazine and sunsetyellow testing report |
永旺特慧优国际贸易（上海）有限公司 | Noodles | Submit sulfur dioxide testing report |
南安市福英对台贸易有限公司 | Instant noodles | Submit coliform testing report |
杭州金吉食品有限公司 | Puffed food | Submit borax testing report |
深圳市天成食品有限公司 | Moon cake | Submit aerobic bacterial count testing report |
珠海免税企业集团有限公司 | Pastry and pastry | Submit lead testing report |
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