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China Plans To Implement New Meat Import Regulations Nov. 1
China plans to implement new meat import procedures and regulations on November 1. Although the new regulations (available online in an English version) primarily involve reiterating existing domestic meat and poultry import procedures for importers, cold storage operators, processors and inspectors, several have implications for exporters. A new regulation in Chapter VI calls for the inclusion of inner packaging labels with the product name. Although the United States successfully fought off the implementation of the inner labeling requirement specifying product name several years ago, USMEF has already heard of shipments being detained in some Chinese ports due to the lack of inner product labels, so strict enforcement of this new requirement is looking increasingly possible unless official government-to-government efforts to have it removed are successful.
In response to a public comment period that lasts until October 31, the day before the scheduled implementation, USMEF's Export Services Department has put together detailed comments on the new proposed regulations, including opposition to the new labeling requirements and other restrictive provisions. The South China trade is growing increasingly alarmed about the potential trade-dampening impact of another new regulation contained in the rules: a new procedure for product re-inspections in Hong Kong for meat and poultry re-exported to China through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Traders are uncertain to what extent the new re-inspection procedure could disrupt present re-export channels.
USMEF’s exporter committee will discuss this and several other global access issues at a joint meeting with the American Meat Institute (AMI) international trade committee in Arlington, Virginia this week.
China Plans To Implement New Meat Import Regulations Nov. 1
China plans to implement new meat import procedures and regulations on November 1. Although the new regulations (available online in an English version) primarily involve reiterating existing domestic meat and poultry import procedures for importers, cold storage operators, processors and inspectors, several have implications for exporters. A new regulation in Chapter VI calls for the inclusion of inner packaging labels with the product name. Although the United States successfully fought off the implementation of the inner labeling requirement specifying product name several years ago, USMEF has already heard of shipments being detained in some Chinese ports due to the lack of inner product labels, so strict enforcement of this new requirement is looking increasingly possible unless official government-to-government efforts to have it removed are successful.
In response to a public comment period that lasts until October 31, the day before the scheduled implementation, USMEF's Export Services Department has put together detailed comments on the new proposed regulations, including opposition to the new labeling requirements and other restrictive provisions. The South China trade is growing increasingly alarmed about the potential trade-dampening impact of another new regulation contained in the rules: a new procedure for product re-inspections in Hong Kong for meat and poultry re-exported to China through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Traders are uncertain to what extent the new re-inspection procedure could disrupt present re-export channels.
USMEF’s exporter committee will discuss this and several other global access issues at a joint meeting with the American Meat Institute (AMI) international trade committee in Arlington, Virginia this week.