On April 12, 2021, China Customs issued the “Measures for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety of the People’s Republic of China” (Order No. 249 of the General Administration of Customs). Among them, there are new regulations on the labeling of imported food. Let’s take a look at the requirements for aquatic product labeling.
For imported aquatic products, the inner and outer packaging should have strong, clear and legible Chinese and English or Chinese and export country (region) text marks, indicating the following: commodity name and scientific name, specifications, production date, expiry date batch number and storage conditions, Production methods (seawater fishing, freshwater fishing, aquaculture), production areas (ocean fishing areas, freshwater fishing countries or regions, countries or regions where the aquaculture products are located), all production and processing enterprises involved (including fishing vessels, processing vessels, transport vessels, independent cold storage) name, registration number and address (specific to the state/province/city), and the destination must be marked as the People’s Republic of China.
