On Oct 21, 2020, China GAC released the list of non-compliant food products in Sep. 2020. [1] A total of 218 batches of imported food from 36 countries/regions were rejected in September.
Regarding the country of origin, the largest proportion of non-compliant imported food in September came from Ecuador (18.3%), followed by Japan (12.8%) and Indonesia (6.8%). As for food category, 30.7% were aquatic products, most of which were frozen shrimps. Animal epidemic disease detected accounted for 23.7% of all rejections in September.
Noteworthy Products
1. Solid beverages: 10 batches of solid beverages failed custom clearance in September, among which 1 batch of probiotics solid beverage was rejected for non-food-additive substance sodium hyaluronate detected, and 2 batches of whey protein powder solid beverages were rejected for exceeding the limitations on total bacterial colony numbers.
2. Dairy products: Except for whey protein powder solid beverages mention above, there was another batch of whey protein powder from Belgium in the non-compliant list, failed for overuse of food additives, and a batch of fish oil milk tablet from Australia rejected for overuse of nutritional fortification substances.
3. Health food: 2 batches of DHA algae oil capsules from Australia failed for lack of required documentation.
4. Baby food: 1 batch of multigrain powder (infant and young children complementary food) from Belgium was rejected for unqualified calcium content.
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