Import food safety national standards food declaration and acceptance requirements

Article 1 These regulations are formulated in accordance with the Regulations on the Administration of Food Licensing under the National Standard for the Import of Non-food Safety in order to regulate the declaration and acceptance of foods imported without national standards for food safety.

Article 2 A unit or individual that applies for importing foods without national food safety standards (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) shall submit one original copy of the application materials, 4 copies and 1 sample to the Ministry of Health's review department.

The application materials should be arranged in the following order, using distinct distinguishing marks and bound into volumes.

(1) An application form for importing food administrative licenses for national standards without food safety;

(b) Formulas or ingredients;

(c) production process;

(4) Enterprise standards and inspection methods;

(e) commercial labels;

(6) certification materials for overseas production and operation;

(7) Corresponding standards of international organizations or other countries;

(viii) safety assessment data or other information that helps to assess;

(ix) Food samples with the label's minimum sales package.

Article 3 In addition to the official certification documents, the original submission information shall be affixed page by page to the official seal of the applicant's company or the chapter of sewing.

Article 4 The foreign language in the application materials shall be translated into the standard Chinese language, and the translation shall be attached before the corresponding foreign language materials, except that this regulation requires the use of English or Latin component names, names of persons and foreign addresses.

Article 5 The formula or composition of food should include the name of the food, the composition and proportion of the ingredients, the physical and chemical properties of the main ingredients, the chemical structure, and the source of the raw materials.

Article 6 The production process shall include the following contents: detailed and normative process descriptions and process flow charts, technical parameters, key technical requirements, names, specifications and quality requirements for the use of raw materials, additives, and the air cleanliness level of the production environment And regional division.

Article 7 Enterprise standards and test methods shall include sensory indicators, physical and chemical indicators, microbiological indicators, qualitative and quantitative detection methods for the contents of major components, and methods for the detection of relevant indicators.

Article 8 The minimum sale packaged food samples with labels shall include sales samples and labels. The labels shall comply with the relevant regulations. If necessary, the use methods, application scope, food consumption, inappropriate population, and warning signs shall also be marked.

Article 9 The certification materials for overseas permitted production and operation shall meet the following requirements:

(1) Issued by the competent authorities and industry associations of the producing country or country of origin (region). If the original document cannot be provided, a copy of the document may be provided. The copy shall be notarized by the relevant local organization and then certified by the Chinese embassy or country of origin or the country of origin or confirmed by the issuing unit.

(2) It shall specify the name of the product, the name of the manufacturer, the name of the unit issuing the document and affix the seal of the unit or the signature of the legal representative (or its authorized person) and the issue date of the document;

(3) The name of the product and the name of the manufacturer specified in the product should be exactly the same as the contents declared;

(4) Where one certification document contains multiple products, the original documents provided at the time of declaration of the first product, the other products in the certification documents may be provided with a copy and submitted in writing.

(5) The supporting documents should be translated into standard Chinese and notarized by a Chinese notary public.

Article 10 Other information that can assist in the assessment may include the following:

(1) Corresponding standard texts and administrative regulations of international organizations or other countries;

(2) Documents of hygiene and composition analysis and inspection reports or data and toxicology documents issued by laboratories with corresponding experimental conditions abroad or domestic qualified inspection agencies;

(c) Other information.

Article 11 After the review agency of the Ministry of Health receives the application materials, it shall make a decision on whether to accept it on the spot or within 5 working days. If the application materials meet the requirements, they shall be accepted; if the application materials are incomplete or do not conform to the statutory forms, the applicant shall be informed in writing of all the contents that need to be corrected.

Article 12 The applicant shall, in accordance with the opinions of the technical review, submit one original copy of the supplementary information within one year. The supplementary information shall be dated. If the applicant fails to submit the supplementary information within a year, it shall be deemed to have terminated the application. If there are delays due to special reasons, a written application should be submitted.

Article 13 If the application is terminated or has not been approved, the applicant may apply for the return of the certification materials and agency commissioned certifications of the overseas permitted production operations. Other application materials shall not be returned and shall be filed by the reviewing agency for future reference.