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On April 30, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released an announcement on the Technical Requirements for Health Food Product Filing with Ginseng, American Ginseng, and Ganoderma Lucidum as Ingredients.

In Marketing Year (MY) 2022/23, China imported 67,000 metric tons (MT) of planting seeds valued at $478 million. The United States is the largest supplier of planting seeds to China, accounting for 22 percent of MY 2022/23 planting seeds imports by value.

On May 14, 2024, China notified the Phytosanitary Requirements for Imported Organic Growing Media to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1300. China’s SPS Enquiry Point at sps@customs.gov.cn will accept comments until July 13, 2024.

New export establishment registration applications that have been submitted in the U.S. FDA Export Listing Module (ELM) and GACC Bureau of Import Export Food Safety (BIEFS) China Import Food Enterprises Registration (CIFER) system since January 2022 are now being processed to allow U.S. exporters to register their manufacturing, processing, and storage facilities subject to Decree 248.

In accordance with the U.S.-China Economic and Trade Agreement (ETA), China has implemented a number of changes to the scope and process of exporting U.S. beef and beef products to China.

In accordance with the U.S.-China Economic and Trade Agreement (ETA), China has implemented a number of changes to the scope and process of exporting U.S. pork and pork products to China.

On December 31, 2019, China released the draft General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-xxxx) for domestic comments.

In June 2017, the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) released the Notice on the Technical Review of Relevant Standards for Imported Foods without Applicable National Food Safety...

On February 20, 2020, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) issued the 2020 Plan for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Prevention in the lead up to spring planting.

On May 23, 2017, China's former State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) published material requirements for applications of recipe registration of infant and young children formula milk powder...

This year China’s hog and sow herds will begin to recover from the impacts of African Swine Fever, pushing up protein meal feed use, soybean crush volume, and total oilseed demand...

On March 11, 2020, China's State Council Tariff Commission (SCCTC) published another guidance document related to the new tariff exclusion process that opened on March 2, 2020.