Food & Beverage / 餐饮食品, Import-Export Clearance / 进出口清关
2026-09-30
Customs Announcement No. 140 of 2026, published on 22 September 2026, sets the phytosanitary requirements for South African fresh cherries and allows compliant imports with immediate effect. 海关总署2026年第140号公告于2026年9月22日发布，明确南非鲜食樱桃植物检疫要求，即日起允许符合要求的南非鲜食樱桃进口。 The...
Food & Beverage / 餐饮食品, Import-Export Clearance / 进出口清关
2026-09-17
On 8 September 2026 the General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued Announcement No. 136 of 2026 on container fitness inspection for exports of perishable foods and frozen products; the...
Food & Beverage / 餐饮食品, Healthcare & Pharma / 医药医疗
2026-09-05
In late August 2026, the National Health Commission (NHC) and SAMR jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Use of Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) in Medical...
Food & Beverage / 餐饮食品, Import-Export Clearance / 进出口清关
2026-09-01
China's first national standard dedicated to food shelf-life determination, GB/T 47141-2026, took effect on 1 August 2026, providing unified technical rules for setting, validating and managing the shelf life...
2026-08-28
A foreign F&B brand must satisfy two layers: a business licence with the right scope and product-level compliance (labelling, import/health-food registration). 外国餐饮品牌须满足两层要求：含相应经营范围的营业执照，以及产品级合规（标签、进口/保健食品注册）。Since the 2021 Food Safety Law amendment,...
2026-08-28
On 13 August 2026 nine central departments including MOFCOM, the NDRC and SAMR issued the Opinions on Further Stimulating the Vitality of the Lower-Tier Market and Activating County-Level Consumption...
2026-08-28
From 1 December 2026, the revised *Customs Measures for Inspection and Quarantine of Import/Export Cosmetics* (GACC Order No. 284) take effect, repealing the 2012 version.自 2026 年 12 月...
2026-08-28
A foreign dairy or beverage producer building a plant in China needs a locally incorporated entity that obtains a Food Production Licence (SC licence); for infant formula it must...
2026-08-28
Scale in China pushes foreign chain restaurants from imported SKUs to localised supply chains: central kitchens, unified distribution and "one taste across a thousand stores" standardisation. 在中国做规模，外资连锁餐饮须从进口单品转向本地化供应链：中央厨房、统一配送与"千店一味"标准化。The chain...
2026-08-28
GACC Decree No. 280 (effective 1 June 2026) replaces Decree No. 248 (2021) and upgrades China's overseas food-establishment registration into a dynamic, risk-graded, whole-chain system. 海关总署第280号令（2026年6月1日施行）取代248号令（2021），将进口食品境外生产企业注册升级为动态、风险分级、全链条管控体系。Seventeen food categories...