For "Primary Agricultural and Livestock products" , GACC needs to conduct a ‘National System Assessment’ for the country of origin, and only after complying with China's regulatory requirements, then sign a bilateral protocol with the country of origin, to allow food types that listed in the catalog to be imported into China, which is the so-called
"GACC National White List for Primary Agricultural and Livestock products"
;
National System Assessment: It refers to the evaluation activities of
the food safety management system of countries (regions)
applying for export of this type of food to China by the
GACC before a certain type (species) of food is exported to
China for the first time.
The GACC‘s Animal and Plant Quarantine Division will
dynamically adjust this "GACC National White t for the
Primary Agricultural and Livestock products " based on the
evaluation and review results. Currently, this National food
catalogues includes 9 categories: Meat (deer products, horse
products, cattle products, poultry products, sheep products,
pig products) (except offal and by-products), Dairy
products, aquatic products, bird’s nest, casings, Food of
Plant Origin, Chinese medicinal materials, bee products, and
Feed products.
Similarly, overseas enterprises that produce and export
these "Primary Agricultural and Livestock products" need to
establish a food quality management system that meets the
requirements of China's corresponding food category
regulations (such as GMP or HACCP, etc.), shall be Reviewed,
Endorsed and recommended by the competent authorities of
their countries/regions to GACC for registration, after GACC
review or Site-audit, If qualified, list into the "List of
GACC Qualified overseas enterprises exporting to China for
Primary Agricultural and Livestock products ", commonly
known as the "GACC-2-2 Enterprises
Whitelisting for Primary Agricultural and Livestock products" |