World countries ask China to postpone new food import rules

Diplomats from various countries are urging China to postpone the introduction of new formal measures in relation to the import of food into the country, which are planned from next year, Bloomberg reports, citing a letter at its disposal addressed to the Minister of Customs of China Ni Yuefeng. The agency notes that diplomats from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Switzerland, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, in a letter dated October 27 to the minister, objected to the April decrees that oblige 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 18 certain categories of goods must receive recommendations from the authorities in their countries, while ...