Summary and Analysis of Inspection and Quarantine Policies

Animal and Plant Products Access	Announcement No.	Comments
	General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Announcement No.2, 2021	Announcement on preventing the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza from France into China. Since January 5, 202 1, it is forbidden to import poultry and related products directly or indirectly from France, including products from poultry that are unprocessed or processed but may still spread epidemics . Once disc overed, it will be returned or destroyed.
	Announcement No.134 of 2020 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on quarantine requirements for imported Vietnamese Mesona chinensis. From Dec ember 28th, 2020, Vietnam will be allowed to import qualified Mesona chinensis. The allowed Mesona chinens is Benth refers to the stems and leaves of dried Mesona chinensis Benth for processing planted and produced in Vietnam. The announcement regulates eight aspects, including production process control, production enterprise registration, processing, storage and transportation, packaging marking, Vietnam issuing certificate, entry examination and approval, entry verification and non-conformance handling .
	General Administration of Customs, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Announcement No.13 1, 2020	Announcement on preventing the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza from Ireland into China. Since December 24th, 2020, it is forbidden to import poultry and related products directly or indirectly from Ireland, including products from poultry that are unprocessed or processed but may still spread epidemic diseases. Once discovered, it will be returned or destroyed .
	Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine, General Administration of Customs No.98 (2020).	Notice on Suspension of Import of Logs from New South Wales and Western Australia. All customs offices have suspended the handling of customs declarations for logs from New South Wales and Western Australia that depart on or after December 22, 2020 .
	Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine, General Administration of Customs No.97 (2020)	Warning Notice on Strengthening Quarantine of Imported Shrimp in Thailand . From December 22, 2020, the quarantine examination and approval of imported animals and plants of Thailand Day light Siam Aquaculture Co., Ltd. (SYAQ UASIA M Co., Ltd, registration number: TH83 2 3 160002) imported shrimp from China will be suspended. Strengthen the inspection and quarantine of imported Thai shrimp at ports. During the quarantine period, the acute hepatopanc reaticnecros is disease (AHPND) and infectious subcutaneous and hematopoietic necrosis disease (IHHNV) were detected by batch sampling.
License Approval	National Health and Health Commission <No .9, 2020>	Announcement on 15 kinds of “Three New Foods” such as cicada flower fruiting body (artificial cultivation) approved three kinds of cicada flower fruiting body , sodium hyaluronate and Lactobac illusmareri subspecies as new food raw materials according to the provisions of Food Safety Law. In addition, the announcement also approved five new varieties of food additives such as j3 -amylase , nitrous oxide, vitamin K2, Dawa gum, sodium alginate (also known as sodium alginate), and 1,3,5- tris (2,2-dimethylpropionamide) benzene, C.I. pigment red 10 1, magnesium hydroxide, hydrated magnesium aluminate carbonate, polycyclic octene, 1,3; 7 new varieties of food-related products, such as polymer of 2-glycol, polymer of dimethyl 1,4- phthalate and sebacic acid, polymer of 2,2- dimethyl – 1,3- propanediol and 1,2- glycol.
Customs Clearance	Shanghai COVID epidemic prevention and control working group <shanghai pneumonia prevention and control office [202 1) >	Notice on Printing and Distributing the Plan for Implementing Appointment Management of Imported Cold Chain Food Picking Up from Port to Cold Storage at the First Storage Point, before picking up the goods, enterprises need to make an appointment for the cold storage at the first storage point , and confirm the time for pic king up boxes according to the appointment prompt . The notice will be put into trial operation from January 11 to January 15. From 0: 00 on January 15, the application for taking delivery wit hout reservation will not be accepted by the port area.
	The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued < No.78 of 2020 >	Announcement on Regulating the Import Management of Recy cled Iron and Steel Raw Materials, sinc e January 1, 202 1, the Recycled Iron and Steel Raw Materials that meet the standards of Recycled Iron and Steel Raw Materials (GB/T 39733 -2020) are not solid wastes and can be imported freely. Import is prohibited if it does not meet the national standards.

Post time: Mar-10-2021