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