China urged to postpone new measures for registration and labeling of imported food

Diplomats from several countries have called on China to postpone the introduction of new formal measures in relation to food imports, the introduction of which is scheduled for next year, reports citing an available letter addressed to According to Bloomberg, diplomats from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Switzerland, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States sent a letter to the head of customs of the PRC, Ni Yuefeng, in which they objected to the April decrees obliging food exporters to comply with the new registration and labeling requirements from January 1. Diplomats are asking to postpone the entry into force of the new measures "for at least 18 months." According to the agency, the April rulings include a wide range of food products such as royal jelly, vegetable oil, baby food, and wheat flour. Overseas suppliers of eighteen specific categories of goods are required to obtain recommendations from the authorities in their countries, while the rest must ...