According to the monthly notice of non-entry foods by GACC, 157 batches of imported foods were found unqualified and not allowed to enter China in April 2021.

The information shows that non-entry foods came from 29 countries or regions including Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and the United States. Among them, non-entry products from Thailand were the most.

The main unqualified reasons of non-entry foods were unqualified labels, microbial contamination, inconsistent cargo certificates, failure to provide certificates or qualified certification documents as required, filthy and corrupt, failure to obtain inspection and quarantine access, non-compliant use of food additives. Among them, unqualified labels were the most, involving pastries, beverages, chocolate, crackers.

Aquatic products and their processed products, meat and meat products were the major categories of non-entry foods. Among the prepackaged foods, 8 batches of beverages from Hong Kong used excessive nutritional fortification substance calcium pantothenate, 3 batches of bird’s nest drinks from Thailand failed to obtain inspection and quarantine access, 4 batches of chocolate from France had unqualified labels, and 3 batches of cookies from Denmark had unqualified labels.