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Different categories of food products imported to China need to comply with different China's food safety regulations and the requirements of the relevant regulations of different government authorities;

if you don't complete all the relevant compliance procedures before shipment, even if your goods have arrived at the Chinese ports of entry, you may not be able to clear the customs, the goods will be returned or destroyed, resulting in huge losses.

If you are the first time to export food to China, it is best to find a professional import China compliance consulting company to be your CRA (Chinese Representative Agent) , comprehensive understanding of the various regulatory requirements of food imported into China,

Do not be greedy for cost savings, just consult your Chinese buyers, who are not aware of all the food imported into China's regulatory requirements, Blind Leading the Blind , which may lead to you do not complete all the compliance procedures and the goods cannot be cleared.

The most typical example:
Overseas food sellers are often told by their Chinese buyers to apply for GACC registration, but the buyers are not clear about what types of GACC registrations they need to apply for, or even what other Chinese government departments they need to apply for.

So most of the overseas food sellers just apply for the GACC-2-1 type of exporter registration, and think they have completed the GACC registration, and some of them just ship the goods directly, and as a result, when they arrive at the Chinese port, they are told by the Chinese Customs that they can't clear the goods because they didn't provide all the necessary GACC registration numbers.

Food imported into China, for GACC registration is just one of the requirements, For different food categories, in addition to GACC registration, may also need to be registered by other different governmental authorities, such as CIQ, MOA, AMR, MOFCOM, NMPA (CFDA) and so on;

Even for GACC registration:
Different company type and food categories need to apply for Different types of GACC registration, include：
1. GACC-1-1 type registration for overseas producers of Low risk food (18 digits number )
2. GACC-1-2 type registration for overseas producers of Medium risk food (18 digits number )
3. GACC-1-3 type registration for overseas producers of High risk food (18 digits number )
4. GACC-2-1 type General GACC registration for overseas exporters of imported food (11 digits number )
5. GACC-2-2 type Enterprises Whitelisting for Primary Agricultural and Livestock products (GACC white-list) (17 digits number )
6. GACC-5 type products listing for foods to be imported into China (13 digits HS-CIQ code )
    ( GACC-5-1 Low risk food,GACC-5-2 Medium risk food,GACC-5-3 High risk food, etc.)

If you do not apply for all the necessary GACC registrations, or apply for the wrong type of GACC registration, it may result in your shipment not being cleared;

Below is the "Check list for Food Products Export to China Compliance Requirements", you can initially check it, if there is no clear each other, and then consult your CRA to figure it out.