On Apr. 19, 2018, WTO announced European Union's objection towards China’s infant formula registration policy. The statements are summarized in the following 3 points:
The 3 product line limitation is an unreasonable regulatory requirement which will have a serious negative impact on the current export business from EU to China.
The transitional period (1 year) to comply with the formula registration policy is insufficient, and EU proposed a period of 18 months.
China's formula registration policy unfairly discriminates against imported products. For infant formula without recipe registration, both Chinese and imported products manufactured prior to Dec. 31 2017 can be legally sold in China, but imported infant formula are subject to the additional requirement of having to be already imported into China before Jan. 1, 2018.
In Nov. 22, 2017, AQSIQ and CFDA have clarified that imported infant formula manufactured prior to Jan. 1, 2018 are allowed to be sold in China until expiration date (read CL news here).
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