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On November 22, 2017, China AQSIQ and CFDA jointly issued a notice on the Implementation Date of “Recipe Registration for Imported Infant Formula”.
The main content are as follows:
For infant formula imported by general trade, its overseas manufacturer should get approval under CNCA.
Imported infant formula produced after Jan 1st 2018 requires a CFDA recipe registration certificate. The registration number must be indicated on the label and instructions.
If the production dates of the imported infant formula are before Jan 1st 2018, the products can be sold in China until expiration date.
In a previous CFDA announcement this July, CFDA stated that all infant formula imported prior to Jan 1st 2018 can be sold until its expiration in China (but it seemed that products required a customs clearance certificate prior to this date). (See previous news here).
This announcement does not specify any rules for other trade channels. Infant formula traded via cross border e-commerce platforms seems (by way of omission from treatment within specific regulations) to still be a feasible trade channel for unregistered infant formula products currently even after the recipe registration deadline. Although as yet there seems no specific CBEC requirements on overseas manufacture or recipe registration requirements, some ports do require an overseas manufacture registration certificate for CBEC.
If you need any assistance in infant formula recipe registration in China, please feel free to contact the ChemLinked team.
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