China: Feed Additives and Ingredients Catalogues Updates

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2024-0011
On January 12, 2024, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced its approval of one new feed variety, three new varieties of feed additives, and the addition of five feed additives and five feed ingredients into its feed catalogs. This report contains an unofficial translation of the announcement and the revised parts of the catalogs for feed additives and ingredients. U.S. exporters should note that the original catalog in Chinese is the final authority for interpretation. Stakeholders should conduct their own review of the regulation. Of note for U.S. industry was the inclusion of Almond Hulls along with Almond Hulls with Shells in the catalogs.

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