Summary and Analysis of Inspection and Quarantine Policies of Animal and Plant Product Access

Category	Announcement No.	Comments
Animal and Plant Products Access	Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine, General Administration of Customs No.38 [2020].	Warning notice on prevention of the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Ireland. The direct or indirect import of poultry and its related products from Ireland, including products derived from unprocessed or processed poultry that are still likely to spread disease, is prohibited since 15 December 2020.
	Announcement No. 126 of 2020 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on inspection and quarantine requirements for imported Mongolian flour. Flour produced in Mongolia is allowed to be exported to China from December 7, 2020. The products exported to China this time refer to the edible fine powdery food obtained by processing w heat (Triticum Aestivum L.) or rye (Secale Cereal.) produced in MongoIia in Mongolia. This announcement regulates 9 aspects, including production facilities, plant quarantine, origin, production technical requirements, means of transportation, plant quarantine certificates, food safety, and registration of packaging and product io n enterprises with the General Administration of Customs of the PRC.
	Announcement No.125th of 2020 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on preventing Belgian highly pathogenic avian influenza from being introduced into China . Since December 12th, 2020, it is forbidden to import poultry and related products directly or indirectly from Belgium, including products originating from unprocessed poultry or processed poultry that may still spread epidemic diseases.
	Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine, General Administration of Customs No.90 [2020]	Notice on suspending the import of logs from Tasmania and South Australia. All customs offices will suspend the customs declaration of logs from Tasmania and South Australia, which will be shipped after December 3 , 2020 (inclusive).
	Announcement No.122 of 2020 of the General Administration of Customs	Announcement on ins pection and qua rantine requirements of imported Mexican sorghum. Since November 30, 2020, sorghum produced in Mexico and meeting the inspection and quarantine requirements will be allowed to be imported. The products allowed to be imported this time refer to sorghum seeds (L.) planted and processed in Mexico. THE announcement regulates production facilities, plant quarantine, fumigation treatment, plant quarantine certificate, food safety, packaging registration of sorghum production enterprises.
	Department of Animal Husbandry of the General Administration of Customs [2020] No. 36	Warning bulletin on preventing the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza in South Korea. Since November 30, 2020, it is forbidden to import poultry and related products directly or indirectly from Korea, including products originating from unprocessed pouitry or processed pouitry that may still spread epidemic diseases
	Department of Anima l Husbandry of the General Administration of Customs [2020] No .3 5	Warning bulletin on preventing the introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Belgium. Since November 28, 2020, it is forbidden to import poultry and related products directly or indirectly from Belgium, including products from poultry that are unprocessed or processed but may still spread epidemics.
	Department of Anima l Husbandry of the General Administration of Customs [2020] No.34	Warning bulletin on preventing the introduction of nodular dermatosis in Burmese cattle. Since November 27, 2020, it is prohibited to import cattle and related products directly or indirectly from Myanmar, including products originating from cattle that are unprocessed or processed but may still pread epidemic diseases .
	Department of Animal Husbandry of the General Administration of Customs [2020] No.33	Warning bulletin on preventing the introduction of bluetongue disease in Spa in. Since November 2 7, 2020, it is forbidden to import ruminants and related products directly or indirectly from Spa in, including products originating from ruminants that are unprocessed or processed but may still spread diseases .

Post time: Jan-27-2021