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GACC | Emergency preventive measures against an Indonesian company

Due to the positive detection of the new coronavirus nucleic acid in 6 outer packaging samples of a batch of frozen squid products imported from Indonesia, in accordance with the provisions of the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 103 of 2020, the national customs will suspend the acceptance of Indonesian aquatic product manufacturers PT.ANUGERAH MINA SEJAHTERA (registration number CR 424-12) import declaration for 1 week. 因从进口自印度尼西亚1批冻鱿鱼产品的6个外包装样本中检出新冠病毒核酸阳性，按照海关总署公告2020年第103号的规定，全国海关自即日起暂停接受印度尼西亚水产品生产企业PT.ANUGERAH MINA SEJAHTERA（注册编号为CR 424-12）的进口申报1周。 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 some amendments to the “Labeling Standards for Foods” to modify other labeling items for tea and other products

  On February 5, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Announcement No. 2021-7, revising part of the "Labeling Standards for Foods". The main contents are as follows: 1. Modify some of the contents of the general labeling standard: for the case of product repackaging or repackaging, containers and packaging materials can be added to the original labeling items that can be changed. 2. Modify other labeling items of tea and other products: delete the product name restriction regulations of fruit tea products in other labeling items of tea; newly set the regulation that tea products can label "decaffeinated products"; other disinfectants for food additives and utensils are no longer marked with the production date, but the shelf life can be marked. 3. Modify the specific terms of the labeling standard according to the revision of the production date or shelf life labeling of the sterilization and disinfectant of food additives and appliances. 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

Chinese Regulator Approves Sinovac Vaccine for Mass Inoculation.

  BEIJING (Sputnik) - China's State Food and Drug Administration has approved the coronavirus vaccine developed by Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Biotechnology (part of Sinovac) for all groups of people, the agency announced on Saturday. "China's State Food and Drug Administration has approved the application for registration of the inactivated vaccine against coronavirus infection developed by Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Biotechnology. The vaccine is suitable for the prevention of COVID-19", the statement said. The Sinovac vaccine can now be administered to all groups of the population. Previously it was allowed only for emergency vaccination of key groups, including doctors, transport workers, and law enforcement officers. Sinovac started developing its vaccine back in January 2020, immediately after the outbreak of then-unknown pneumonia disease, which was later officially confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan and named COVID-19. The vaccine has been approved for Phase III clinical trials in Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey and Chile, while the Phase I and II trials' results in China have shown that the vaccine is capable of inducing antibodies in over 90 percent of volunteers who received two doses. 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

CFE | Release Approval Document (Decision) for Health Food

  Recently, the Food evaluation Center of the State Administration for Market Regulation updated the mailing details for health food approval document (decision letter), including Jianboer Vitamin C & Natural Vitamin E Chewable Tablets, Calcium iron zinc chewable tablets, Guozhen Songhua Calcium Milk Powder, Natural Vitamin E Soft Capsule and other products. 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

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health issues recommendations for safe consumption of poultry during the Spring Festival

News from the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand on February 7: Opas, General Director of the Department of Disease Control, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Public Health, said that on February 12 this year, Bangkok Chinatown will hold a celebration ceremony for the Chinese Lunar New Year. Thai Chinese and descendants will use poultry meat in ceremonies such as worshiping their ancestors. Although Thailand has not confirmed human cases of avian influenza since 2006, relevant agencies and the public must still take continuous monitoring measures to prevent and control avian influenza. Therefore, the Department of Disease Control issued recommendations for the safe consumption of poultry meat during the Spring Festival: First, all measures to prevent the coronavirus should be strictly followed; poultry meat should be purchased in a clean, safe and registered poultry trading market; hands should be washed immediately after contact live poultry; choose to eat safe chicken or duck meat, and clean and cooked eggs. 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 publishes Notice on Prohibited Imported Foods

On February 4, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Announcement No. 2021-5, formulating a “Notice on Prohibited Foods” in accordance with Article 21, Paragraph 1 of the Food Sanitation Law. The main contents are as follows: It is forbidden to import food and food additives (except milk, dairy products and collagen casings) that use ruminants and their by-products as raw materials from 37 countries (excluding China), including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy. However, the following products and foods using them as raw materials can be imported: butter products, gelatin, collagen, calcium hydrogen phosphate. At the same time, the necessary documents for import requirements in accordance with Article 27, paragraph 1, of the "Implementation Rules of the Special import Food Safety Management Law" need to be confirmed separately. 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

An illegal health food in Vietnam was investigated

According to the official information of the Vietnam Food Safety Agency: Recently, An Duong Huyet, which is advertised on certain websites, contains untrue information and is intended to deceive consumers. Specifically, it promotes product that has medicinal treatment effect and uses images of medical staff, which violates the relevant provisions of the Advertising Law. The investigation revealed that the health care product was produced by BTG Trading Co., Ltd., located at No. 87, Vuong Thuong Vu Building, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam. During the investigation, the company denied that the above-mentioned health food advertisement was published by the company. Rencently, the Food Safety Bureau is handling this case jointly with relevant agencies. After the investigation is completed, the Food Safety Bureau will publish an announcement on the bureau's official website: https://vfa.gov.vn/. In order to ensure the health of consumers, the Ministry of Health and the Health and Safety Administration of Vietnam issued a warning on this incident: Consumers should not purchase the above-mentioned health food online. 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 US Enterprise

As the new coronavirus nucleic acid was detected in three batches of poultry meat exported to China from the Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc. manufacturer (registered number P1949) in the United States, according to the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 103 of 2020, the acceptance of the import declaration of the company's products will be suspended for 4 weeks. 因从美国Simmons Prepared Foods,inc.生产企业（注册号为P1949）的3批次输华禽肉外包装中检出新冠病毒核酸阳性，按照海关总署公告2020年第103号的规定，全国海关自即日起暂停接受该企业产品进口申报4周。 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 Russian Fishing Vessel

  On February 6, 2021, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against a Russian processing fishing vessel, due to the positive nucleic acid test of COVID-19 in 2 samples of 2 batch of frozen golden flounder imported from Russia, the national customs suspended the acceptance of Russian processing fishing vessel Bagration "Elbrus" Co., Ltd. (Registered number: CH-430) import declaration for 2 weeks from February 6. Product declaration will resume automatically after expiration.         因从俄罗斯进口2批冻黄金鲽鱼的2个外包装样本中检出新冠病毒核酸阳性，按照海关总署公告2020年第103号的规定，全国海关自即日起暂停接受俄罗斯加工渔船Bagration "Elbrus" Co., Ltd.（注册编号为CH-430）的进口申报2周。 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

Hershey to change tack in China

Hershey is changing the way it sells products in China, which is the US-based snacks major says will hit sales in 2021 before they bounce back in 2022. The Reese's maker has decided to more often use local distributors to try to improve the profitability of its operations in the country, with the switch to take place after Chinese New Year next week. Hershey saw the combined sales from its four key markets outside the US and Canada fall by 23.8% in 2020, or by 14.8% on a constant-currency basis, hit by lower sales from its owned retail outlets. Hershey said "consumer mobility and economic security" also weighed on its international sales. The steepest decline in Hershey's sales in its four principal international markets came in China, although the company said the changes it is undertaking in how it operates in the country dampened sales in that market in the last quarter of the year. "The shift is relying less on a large, own, retail sales force and instead really focusing more on a master distributor type of arrangement, which is just more efficient and more effective," Hershey CEO Michele Buck said on February 4th. "Clearly, we will give up some level of sales. There will be some slippage in taking that approach but we think it is the most efficient and effective way for us to get our product to consumers." In 2020, China accounted for 0.6% of Hershey's net sales, which stood at US$8.15bn for the company as a whole. At the start of 2020, China generated 1% of Hershey's net sales. China has, at times over the last decade, proved a challenging market for Hershey. In 2013, the company struck a deal to buy an 80% stake in Shanghai Golden Monkey, a move that doubled the size of the US confectioner's then business in China. Within 18 months, Hershey was moderating its expectations for the performance of its new Chinese asset. In August 2015, Hershey booked an impairment charge of US$100m on the business amid "disappointing" results. In February 2016, Hershey acquired Shanghai Golden Monkey outright. However, Hershey made four downgrades to its sales forecasts throughout 2016 and China was a central factor for both internal reasons and challenges in the wider market. In July 2018, the company offloaded the business to local firm Henan Yuxiang Food Technology Co. Ltd. This year, Hershey is expecting sales from its international markets to grow. "We do expect modest international sales growth, which ex-China would be even higher," Buck told analysts on a conference call to discuss the company's 2002 financial results. "As we discussed, we will be living through the impact of some of the changes in the model but we do expect modest growth internationally." Buck sought to emphasise the variations in each of Hershey's four main markets, which, alongside China, are Brazil, India and Mexico. "Each market is a little bit different. We continue to feel good on long term basis about international. It's an important part of our business. It's an incremental source of growth for us and then as I said, each market's a bit different," she said. "India we saw some nice rebound and a strong finish to the year, while certainly earlier in the year India suffered through a lot of Covid-related pressure. In Brazil, constant-currency sales were good, they were double digit, but FX has been a challenge. Mexico really is the market's that contended or has tended to have continued Covid pressure, where the category sales have remained soft, even though they are improving and a lot of that is driven by two factors – store declines, traditional-trade store closures and less of those family celebrations where chocolate has traditionally played such an important role. "It's a little bit of a tale with multiple cities as we look at each piece around the world, but in totality will lead to modest growth." Hershey's group net sales rose 2% in 2020, with an identical increase in its organic sales on a constant-currency basis. The company's reported net income was up 11.9% at $1.28bn. This year, Hershey expects its net sales to rise by 2-4% and its earnings per share by 6-8%, results the company said would be in line with its "long-term growth algorithm". AllianceBernstein analyst Alexia Howard said: "Overall, we believe that Hershey continues to execute well and is set up for continued steady performance in 2021: The company does not face particularly tough comparables on the top or bottom line for the full year and will continue to invest in marketing spend to preserve as much of the share gain made in 2020 as the company laps the onset of the pandemic.  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