INDUSTRY WELCOMES CHINA’S DECISION TO DELAY FOOD IMPORT RULES
September 1st, 2017
CHINA has agreed to delay implementation of its controversial rules requiring all food and drink imports to carry health certificates, even those seen as “low-risk”, by two years – from 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2019.
In a decision notified to the World Trade Organisation on September 22, China’s food safety agency AQSIQ (the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China) said it was “currently studying the comments from relevant countries/regions”. Following these comments, it would provide the two-year ...
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