The General Administration of Customs issues new regulations to enhance the level of import food safety supervision

To further improve the level of import food safety regulation, facilitate import food trade, the General Administration of Customs recently revised and issued the “Regulations on the Registration Management of Overseas Production Enterprises of Imported Food in the People’s Republic of China” (Order No. 280 of the General Administration of Customs) and its supporting implementation announcement. The relevant policies and measures will officially take effect on June 1, 2026.
The newly revised “Registration Management Regulations” emphasize the political stance of fully implementing the “Four Strictest” food safety standards (strictest standards, strictest supervision, strictest penalties, and strictest accountability), strengthen source management, and oversee the entire process; highlight the modernization of import registration management, integrating the concept of “prevention first, risk management” from the Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China throughout the registration process; and emphasize continuously strengthening the responsibilities of overseas regulatory authorities and enterprises for imported food, further improving a clear responsibility, complete chain, and interconnected full-chain supervision responsibility system for import food safety. (CCTV News)