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Newsletter
15 Jul 2014

 

News Update

 

8.1% of Imported Foods Failed CIQ Inspection during the First Half Year of 2014 14 Jul 2014 2005 batches of imported foods were either rejected or destroyed at port during the first half year of 2014, accounting for 8.1% of the total amount of imported foods.

 

84.2% of Imported Beers Rejected at Port Due to Incompliant Labels 14 Jul 2014 In the first half year of 2014 imported beers have become the most important alcoholic beverage entering at Fujian ports. However, a staggering 84.2% of imported beers failed inspection at port mostly due to improper labeling or lack of a Chinese label.

 

NHFPC Approves 2 New Food Additives 14 Jul 2014 On 3 Jul, NHFPC announced the approval of Tea Polyphenol Palmitate (used as antioxidant), 5-Methyl-2-furanmethanethiol (used as flavoring) as new food additives in China.

 

China Drafts New Food Safety Law: New Opportunities for Global Health Food Industry 11 Jul 2014 The newly revised draft of China’s Food Safety Law was released on July 1st, 2014, which should be of great interest to the global functional food and supplement industry.

 

China Drafts New Food Safety Law: Supply Chain Obligations 9 Jul 2014 China’s much anticipated new food safety law is finally in its draft stage. In this article the most significant changes (or lack thereof) will be overviewed along with any of the associated changes to industry compliance requirements.

 

China Destroyed Unqualified Imported Alcoholic Beverages 20 Jun 2014 A batch of ice wines was destroyed by local CIQ at Qingdao port, making the first time in years that imported ice wines were destroyed in Shandong.

 

 

 

 

Analysis

 

China’s Milk Rush (Part 2): There’s Gold in Them, Thar…Cows

 

China’s Milk Rush (Part 1): There’s Gold in Them, Thar…Cows

 

Obligation Checklist for Exporting Infant Formula to China

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

 

 

Food and Beverage Global Summit 2014

17-19 Sep, 14 Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast, China