General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, Notice on Adjusting the Review System for Labelling of Imported and Exported Food Products and Cosmetics

Issued: March 24 2006

Main contents: Labelling of imported food products and cosmetics shall comply with Chinese laws, regulations and compulsory standards. Labelling of exported food products and cosmetics shall comply with the requirements of the import country/region (Article 1). Starting from April 1 2006, examination, and inspection and quarantine, of the labelling of imported and exported food products and cosmetics shall be jointly conducted, and advance examination shall no longer be implemented (Article 2). When conducting inspection and quarantine on imported and exported food products and cosmetics, all local entry-exit inspection and quarantine authorities shall conduct inspection on whether the contents of the labels of imported and exported food products and cosmetics conform with the requirements of laws, regulations and standards, as well as the truthfulness and accuracy of the contents relating to quality (Article 3).
Related legislation: Implementing Regulations for the PRC Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law, Oct 23 1992, CLP 1993 No.1 p.21; PRC General Principles for Labelling of Pre-packaged Food (GB7718-2004) and PRC General Principles for Labelling of Pre-packaged Food for Special Diet (GB13432-2004) and Notice on the Review and Renewal of Certificates for Review of Imported Food Product Labelling, 2005