Date of Issue: 16 January 2014
Date of Effect: Immediate
Affected Markets: China
The Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) recently published a notice in relation to health foods titled - ‘Notice of Further Standardizing the Supervision and Management of Health Food and Crack Down on Related Illegal Acts’. Based on this notice, the Department of Agriculture (the department) understands the following applies to product labelled as health food exported from Australia to China:
- Food cannot be labelled with health claims unless approved by CFDA; and
- Any products which are in tablet, capsule, oral liquid granules or pill form and which have a prescribed dosage and daily intake limit must be approved by CFDA; and
- Raw material exported as food, but which is intended for use in the production of a health food, must be listed on a health food approval document.
The department has requested further information on these importing country requirements, including more details regarding the CFDA approval process, and will update industry when further advice is received.
The department strongly encourages exporters to verify import requirements for health foods prior to export.
Please direct any enquiries regarding this matter to the contacts listed above.
The information provided above is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.