61 batches of food from 14 countries/regions failed to pass the import inspection, according to the latest notice published by GAC on November 21st. The non-compliant food includes meat, tea, baby rice, cereals, etc.
2 batches of Hipp baby rice were rejected due to non-compliant calcium concentration. 25 batches of Gerber, mainly puff products, yogurt melts, and cereal snacks, were rejected because of unqualified labeling.
Compliance Failure Analysis
Failure to get certificates and permission
| Products | Meat, tea, sugar, beverage, etc. |
| Countries/Regions | New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Japan, England |
| Note | 7 batches of food belonged to this cause. |
Non-compliant to GB standards of products (Product quality issues, Additives)
| Products | Canned fish, baby rice, instant noodle, cereal, rice crackers, mineral water, beverage, salt |
| Countries/Regions | Australia, Germany, South Korea, Spain, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, New Zealand, Italy, Pakistan |
| Cause | 1. Use additives out of scope (3 cases) 2. Excessive use of additives (1 case) 3. Excessive use of nutritional fortification substances (8 cases) 4. Use nutritional fortification substances out of scope (3 cases) 5. Didn’t meet the GB standards of Calcium (2 cases) 6. Excessive levels of aerobic plate count (3 cases) 7. Excessive levels of the peroxide number (1 case) 8. Excessive levels of mycete (2 cases) 9. Excessive content of arsenic (1 case) 10. Get rotten (1 case) |
Unqualified labels & packages
| Products | Beer, beverage, biscuits, puffs, etc. |
| Countries/Regions | Germany, Australia, the US, Belgium, India |
| Note | 34 batches of food are unqualified in labeling. |
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