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India releases date for implementation of maximum trans fatty acid limit

On January 8, 2021, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued F. No. 12 (14) 2020 / Trans FatRCD / FSSAI Directive, which is the directive on the implementation of the maximum limit date for trans fatty acids in vegetable oil/fat products. According to the "Food Standards Regulations (Food Standards and Food Additives)" Amendment No. 10 of 2020, from January 1, 2021, the maximum limit of trans fatty acids by weight shall not exceed 3%, and from January 2022 , The maximum limit of trans fatty acids by weight shall not exceed 2%. However, in order to make a smooth transition of the new regulations on trans fatty acids, the requirement that the mandatory amount of trans fatty acids should be 3% by weight is applicable to such products produced on and after April 1, 2021, and the requirement that the mandatory amount of trans fatty acids should be not exceeded 2% by weight is applicable to products manufactured on or after January 1, 2022. Please note: This article is translated based on Google web translation software, if there is an error, please contact us as soon as possible to correct. Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

Notice of the National Standardization Administration on Issuing the “Guidelines for Adopting International Standards in National Standards (2020 Edition)”

On January 4, the National Standardization Administration issued the "Guidelines for Adopting International Standards in National Standards (2020 Edition)".The key areas cover agriculture and food include feed. 1月4日，国家标准化管理委员会印发 《国家标准采用国际标准工作指南（2020年版）》，其中重点领域采标中农业和食品包含饲料等领域。 Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

GACC | Announcement on the revision of the “Regulations for the Setup of Customs Supervised Workplaces (Sites)”, “Specifications for the Installation of Surveillance Cameras on Customs Supervised Workplaces (sites)” and the “Administrative Specifications

On January 7, the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement on the revision of the "Regulations for the Setup of Customs Supervised Workplaces (Sites)”, “Specifications for the Installation of Surveillance Cameras on Customs Supervised Workplaces (sites)” and the “Administrative Specifications for Customs Designated Supervision Sites”. The content involves the revision of Item (2) of Article 3 of Chapter 1 "General Provisions" of "Customs Supervision Workplace (Site) Setting Specification" to: "For inspection operation area, this functional area is mainly for inspection, equipped with necessary storage areas and temporary storage areas, detention areas, technical rectification areas, etc. Customs-supervised workplaces (sites) involve the operation of businesses such as imported cars, ordinary food, imported cold-chain food, imported edible aquatic animals, imported fruits, imported wood, imported grain, imported seedlings, fresh and live products for Hong Kong and Macao, blood and other special items, containers/vans carrying goods; in addition, for passenger cars entering and leaving the country at highway ports, the specific setup requirements for the corresponding inspection operation area are detailed in the "Customs Supervision Workplace ( Site) Inspection Work Area Setting Specification "(Annex 2)" etc. Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

GACC | Emergency Preventive Measures against a cold storage facility in Denmark, a processing fishing vessel in Canada and an enterprise in Indonesia

On January 9, 2021, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against an Indonesian enterprise, a Canadian vessel and a Danish cold storage facility in Denmark, due to the positive nucleic acid test of COVID-19 in a sample of one batch of frozen Greenland halibut imported from a Canadian vessel and a Danish cold storage facility, and a sample of one batch of frozen cuttlefish imported from Indonesia, the national customs suspended the acceptance of Danish cold storage LUNDSØE KØL&FRYS (Registered number: DK883),Canadian processing fishing boat (Registered number: 0049) and Indonesian aquatic product manufacturer PT WAHANA LESTARI INVESTAMA (Registered number: CR 774-12) import declaration for one week from January 14. Product declaration will resume automatically after expiration.         因从丹麦1家冷库和加拿大1艘加工渔船进口的1批冷冻格陵兰大比目鱼外包装1个样本中检出新冠病毒核酸阳性，从印度尼西亚进口1批冻墨鱼外包装1个样本中检出新冠病毒核酸阳性，全国海关自1月14日起暂停接受丹麦LUNDSØE KØL&FRYS（注册编号为DK883）冷库、加拿大NIQITAQ FISHERIES LTD. INUKSUK I（注册编号为0049）加工渔船和印度尼西亚PT.BANDAR BAHARI SUKSES（注册编号为CR 774-12）水产品生产企业的进口申报1周，期满后自动恢复。 Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

SAMR | Opinions on the application of Article 81 of the “Regulations for the implementation of the food safety law”

On January 11, the General Office of the State Administration for Market Regulation issued opinions on the application of Article 81 of the Regulations on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law. 1月11日，国家市场监督管理总局办公厅发布《食品安全法实施条例》第81条适用有关事项的意见。 Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

MIIT | Solicit Opinions on 169 Standards Including "Nutrition Enhanced Dairy Products for Children"

  On January 12, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) soliciting opinions on 162 industrial standards, four recommended national standards and three recommended national standards for the foreign language version of the project. The deadline is February 11, 2021.Among them, food related products include "Nutrition Enhanced Dairy Products for Children", "Plant Fat and Cream", "Oligomannose", "β-glucanase Preparation", "Edible Fungi Polysaccharide", "Lactoenzyme (β-galactosidase Preparation", "Edible Fermented Algae and Its Products", etc.The deadline is February 11, 2021. Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

Hong Kong | Import of poultry meat and products from areas in France, UK, Germany and Korea suspended

  The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on January 12 that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Korea about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department and Hautes-Pyrénées Department of France, Mid and East Antrim District in Antrim County of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom (UK), Nordhausen District in the State of Thüringen of Germany and Jinju-si and Geochang-gun of Gyeongsangnam-do Province of Korea, the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the above-mentioned areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong. A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 8,740 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 1.1 million poultry eggs from France, about 8,700 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 330,000 poultry eggs from the UK, about 2,500 tonnes of frozen poultry meat and about 880,000 poultry eggs from Germany and about 740 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 8.9 million poultry eggs from Korea in the first nine months of last year. "The CFS has contacted the French, British, German and Korean authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the OIE and the relevant authorities on avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate actions will be taken in response to the development of the situation," the spokesman said. Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

Norway revises regulations on control plan for residues in imported products

On December 29, 2020, Norway issued the FOR-2020-12-29-3191 notification, amending the regulations on the control plan for residues in imported products (FOR-2000-01-27-65), including the list of third countries in the monitoring plan for residues and The products involve domestic poultry, farmed aquatic products, eggs, rabbits and honey. The revised regulations will come into effect on January 1, 2021. Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

The EU intends to revise the official import control requirements for composite foods

On January 5, 2021, the European Union issued Consultation document SANTE/7126/2020 proposing to revise the official import control requirements for composite foods (that is, foods that contain both plant-derived ingredients and processed animal-derived ingredients). The main contents of the amendment include: composite foods (including cream desserts, pasta, baked goods, etc.) that do not contain processed meat and listed in the annex of the consultation document with stable shelf life, are exempt from official control conditions that need to be met at border control points when imported; the competent authority of the European Union shall, on the basis of risk assessment, regularly carry out official control on the composite products that are exempt from official control at border control points and have stable shelf life as described in Article 1, and specify specific place of implementation. The regulation is planned to be implemented on April 21, 2021, and the feedback period will end on February 2, 2021. Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net

South Korea released a plan to strengthen the import inspection of food during the 2021 Spring Festival

On January 12, the Korean Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced a plan to strengthen the inspection of food imports during the 2021 Spring Festival. Inspection time: 2021.1.18~2021.1.27 Inspection objects and inspection items: Business Division of Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance of Global Foodmate provides food standards & regulations research, labelling compliance consulting/Chinese label design, industry public opinion monitoring and analysis, registration services (of Infant formula, FSMP, Health food, Novel Food Ingredients, Novel Food Additives, New Varieties of Food-Related Products and Overseas manufacturers of imported food) and other comprehensive food safety solutions for domestic and overseas enterprises and institutions in food industry.  Please feel free to contact us: +86 10 68869850, E-mail: global_info@foodmate.net