Recently, the General Administration of Customs of China announced a total of 399 batches of imported food that were detected by customs in November 2021 as unqualified and not allowed to enter the country, an increase of 45% over the number of unqualified items in the previous month and an increase of 166% over the same period of last year, reaching a record high. Looking at the eleven months inspection data, the rising trend of unqualified detection by China Customs is significant, which deserves the attention of food trade enterprises.
The reasons for unqualified imported food include the following two categories:
1. Non-compliant documents: unqualified labels, no permit of market access, failure to provide documents as required, or the goods do not match the documents.
2. Unqualified product quality: Expired shelf life, mildewed products, out-of-range or excessive use of food additives or nutritional fortifiers, microbial or heavy metal pollution, excessive pesticide and veterinary drug residues, impurities, or biological toxins, detected animal diseases, detected product ingredients that have not been approved for inspection and quarantine, detection of unlabeled/unapproved/undeclared genetically modified ingredients, illegal use of chemical substances, etc.
All the food that has not been allowed to enter the country has been returned or destroyed, which not only brings economic losses to import and export enterprises, but also damages the goodwill of enterprises. CCIC Canada’s customs clearance consulting experts and testing team can help customers eliminate customs clearance risks and deliver goods with peace of mind. Services include:
■Label compliance ■Ingredient compliance ■Trade document compliance ■National standard (GB) consultation ■National standard (GB) testing
The agricultural and food product testing laboratory invested and built by CCIC Canada in Kingston, Ontario, is the only laboratory in Canada that adopts Chinese national standards (GB) and customs testing methods for testing, providing customers with localized testing services. At the same time, the pre-test cooperation mechanism established by CCIC Canada and China customs has been in operation for a year, providing customs clearance convenience for North American exporters. If you have service requirements in this regard, please contact us at email: wynnhan@ccicca.com.