GACC | National Rejected Imported Foods and Cosmetics in December 2020

01/20/2021 GACC

The General Administration of Customs issued the “National Rejected Imported Foods and Cosmetics in December 2020”.  According to the statistics for December 2020, the national customs found unqualified safety and hygiene items from foods and cosmetics during the port supervision process.  A total of 159 batches were refused for entry, of which 144 batches were foods, 15 batches were cosmetics.  The above mentioned unqualified foods and cosmetics had been returned or destroyed at the ports.

The foods refused for entry did not comply with China’s laws and regulations.  The reasons of rejection were related to unqualified labels, problems with the use of food additives, problems with the use of nutritional supplements, expiration date, containing ingredients without quarantine approvals, detection of animal diseases, detection of undeclared genetically modified ingredients, bottle cork mildew, microbial contamination, without required certificates or qualified documents, failure to obtain inspections and quarantine approvals, etc. 

There were 4 ejected foods from the U.S. and 3 from Canada:

HS Code

Inspection & Quarantine No.

Product Name

Origin

Manufacturer

Importer 

Importer’s record No.

Reason of ejection

0802110000

120000007105 685-1

Dried almond (raw, shelled)

US

FAMOSO NUT COMPANY

乌市一鸣食品有限 公司       

3319000394 20412

Product mildew

0207141100

120000006266 502-1

Frozen chicken whole legs

US

PILGRIM’S PRIDE CORPORATION

爱阁食品贸易(上 海)有限公司

3117001901 240

Unqualified labels

0207141100

120000006762 236-1

Frozen chicken legs

US

TYSON FOODS INC

上海荣亮国际贸易有 限公司

3112000183 345

Unqualified labels

0207141100

120000006762 236-1  

Frozen high-quality hand-cut chicken legs

US

WAYNE FARMS, LLC

上海荣亮国际贸易有 限公司

3112000183 4335

Unqualified labels

2106909090                  

120000006522 937-1

PSF Phosphatidylserine capsule

Canada

Capwork Laboratory INC

上海国江实业发展有 限公司

3200110039 459

Without required certificates or qualified documents

1515909090

120000006560 617-1

Ameri-Vita

Algal Oil capsule

Canada

Nugale Pharmaceutical INC

丹中联合(上海)商业 有限公司

3100645228 201.35

Without required certificates or qualified documents

0203190090

120000005857 580-1

Chilled pork (with bone)

Canada

TROCHU MEAT PROCESSORS LTD

深圳市凯利迪实业有 限公司

4712000022 6485.9

Pass the expiration date

15 batches of unqualified cosmetics were rejected to be imported.  The reasons of rejection were unqualified labels, without required certificates or qualified documents, and excessive Methylisothiazolinone.

Source:

http://jckspj.customs.gov.cn/spj/zwgk75/2706876/wzrjdspxx57/3518433/index.html