Takehome:
- 319 food and cosmetics importers with a poor import compliance record will be subject to increased administrative supervision and compliance requirements
- Frequent violations within a specific category could influence all exports of that category originating from the offending country.
On Sep. 23, General Administration of Customs (GAC) released list of 319 food and cosmetics importers which have poor customs clearance track records marred by product safety and compliance violations from 2015 to 2019.
China’s risk warning and response mechanism is based on a system which requires serial violators which have accrued several product compliance or safety violations to be managed in proportion to the severity and total number of violations. Increased compliance requirements for those enterprises can include mandatory submission of testing reports or certificates for designated food categories.
