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China Agrees To Delay Inner Labeling Requirement Until Dec. 1
Chinese quarantine authorities (AQSIQ) agreed this morning (Oct. 18) in talks with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials in Beijing to delay implementation and enforcement of onerous new regulations — including inner product labeling in Chinese — for one month — until December 1, 2004. An additional meeting with AQSIQ is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on this and other issues.
USMEF submitted comments on the new regulation in August to the Foreign Agricultural Service, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in advance of the talks. USMEF asked the U.S. negotiators to press for more realistic criteria for microbiological standards, simplification of import procedures and product labeling and an end to regulatory shelf-life requirements.
For help in product labeling and identification, USMEF produced an International Meat Manual which can be accessed online. The International Meat Manual provides product names and descriptions in five languages: English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.
China Agrees To Delay Inner Labeling Requirement Until Dec. 1
Chinese quarantine authorities (AQSIQ) agreed this morning (Oct. 18) in talks with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials in Beijing to delay implementation and enforcement of onerous new regulations — including inner product labeling in Chinese — for one month — until December 1, 2004. An additional meeting with AQSIQ is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon on this and other issues.
USMEF submitted comments on the new regulation in August to the Foreign Agricultural Service, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in advance of the talks. USMEF asked the U.S. negotiators to press for more realistic criteria for microbiological standards, simplification of import procedures and product labeling and an end to regulatory shelf-life requirements.
For help in product labeling and identification, USMEF produced an International Meat Manual which can be accessed online. The International Meat Manual provides product names and descriptions in five languages: English, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.