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While hemp has been grown in China for centuries, liberalization of production, processing, and use regulations have only come in recent years.

China extended again the Section 301 retaliatory tariff exclusions on 11 agricultural products, including shrimp for cultivation, whey for feed, fishmeal for feed, alfalfa and six hardwood products.

On July 9, 2021, China notified “Laboratory animal—Microbiological and parasitical standards and monitoring” to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/CHN/1613.

A draft amendment to the Seed Law was released for public comment on August 20, 2021.

This report contains an unofficial translation of the Peoples Republic of China’s (PRC) Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pesticides in Food.

Two draft Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) standards covering 64 and 26 pesticides, respectively, were released for domestic comment on August 10, 2021.

China's customs administration published interpretative guidance regarding labeling requirements for imported food, including fresh and frozen meat, aquatic products, health food, and food for special dietary purposes.

On July 6, 2021 China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) implemented a notification and commitment system that allows importers (or agents) to certify to the possession of testing reports for imported dairy products, in lieu of submitting the original testing reports to GACC, when clearing customs.

On July 28, 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published a notice soliciting comments on "Further Regulating the Labeling and Marking of Infant and Young Children Formula Milk Powder Products (Draft for Solicitation of...

On June 16, 2021, China notified draft National Food Safety Standard of Cream, Butter and Anhydrous Milk Fat (GB19646-xxxx) to the WTO SPS Committee as G/SPS/N/CHN/1221.

This report contains an unofficial translation of the 2021 version of “Approved Feed Additives”, which is a revision of the same document published in December 2013.

On March 3, 2021, MARA published an updated feed catalog consolidating the 2012 version and subsequent revisions issued over the last several years. MARA indicated that, going forward, the feed catalog will be updated in a timely manner based on new...