China: PRC Standard of On-site Disinfection Evaluation During COVID-19 Epidemic

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2022-0113

On September 23, 2022, the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) published 2022 Special Announcement Number 88 amending the customs clearance declaration requirements for importers or consignees of non-cold chain products to require a declaration on whether “preventive disinfection has been implemented” (according to the “Standards for On-site Disinfection Evaluation During the COVID-19 Epidemic” (WS/T 774-2021). This report provides an unofficial translation of the “Standards for On-site Disinfection Evaluation During the COVID-19 Epidemic.”

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