China: China Notifies Food Safety Standards Administration Measures to the SPS Committee

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On April 2, 2019, China Notified the “Food Safety Standards Administration Measures (draft for comments)" to the WTO SPS Committee as SPS/CHN/1130. The Measures provide guidance and procedures related to the development of local and national food safety standards and the treatment of imported foods without national food safety standards. June 1, 2019 is the deadline for sending comments on the Measures to the SPS Enquiry Point. There is no proposed date of adoption for the Measures. This report provides an unofficial translation of the Measures.

China: China Notifies Food Safety Standards Administration Measures to the SPS Committee

 

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East Asia and the Pacific, China

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