Regarding the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Wild Aquatic from Spain to China
I. Inspection and Quarantine Basis
(I) China's Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine Law and its Implementing Regulations, China's Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law and its Implementing Regulations, China's Food Safety Law and its Implementing Regulations;
(II) China's Import and Export Food Safety Management Measures and China's Imported Food Overseas Production Enterprise Registration Management Regulations;
(III) China Customs and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the Inspection, Quarantine and Sanitation Requirements for Wild Aquatic Products Exported from Spain to China.
II. Scope of Imported Products
Wild aquatic products refer to wild aquatic animal products and their products, algae and other marine plant products and their products for human consumption, excluding species listed in the Appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the List of Key Protected Wildlife in China (LSKPWA), live aquatic animals and aquatic animal and plant propagation materials.
III. Requirements for production enterprises
Production enterprises (including processing plants, fishing vessels, processing vessels, transport vessels, and independent cold storage, the same below) that export wild aquatic products to China should be approved by the Spanish authorities and be effectively supervised by them. The food safety and sanitation conditions of production enterprises should comply with the requirements of relevant food safety laws and regulations of China and Spain.
According to the relevant provisions of the "Food Safety Law of China" and its implementing regulations and the "Law of China on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine" and its implementing regulations, production enterprises that export wild aquatic products to China should be recommended by the Spanish authorities to the Chinese Customs for registration. Without registration, they are not allowed to export to China.
IV. Requirements for imported products
Spanish authorities should ensure that wild aquatic products exported to China meet the following conditions:
(i) Legally caught in waters under Spanish jurisdiction or international waters.
(ii) The raw materials and products do not have the following problems:
1. Aquatic animal diseases related to the products of the "Protocol" listed in the "List of Animal Quarantine Diseases Entering China" and required to be reported by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) occur in Spain, causing or potentially infecting wild aquatic products exported to China;
2. Any major food safety incidents in Spain have affected or may affect wild aquatic products exported to China;
3. Wild aquatic products exported or planned to be exported to China by the Spanish government seriously violate the laws and regulations of China and Spain and the provisions of the Protocol;
4. Any major public health incidents in production enterprises, such as employees infected with major infectious diseases, have contaminated or may contaminate wild aquatic products exported to China and their packaging and transportation vehicles;
5. The fishing area is affected by pollutants, such as radioactive pollutants, which have contaminated or may contaminate wild aquatic products exported to China.
(III) No drugs or additives banned by both parties are used directly or indirectly, and drugs or additives restricted or allowed by both parties are used according to regulations according to specific circumstances; after inspection by the Spanish competent authorities, no pathogenic microorganisms, toxic and harmful substances and foreign matter listed in the laws and regulations of China and Spain are found.
(IV) All wild aquatic products exported to China have been inspected and quarantined by the competent authorities of Spain and are safe, hygienic and suitable for human consumption. No pathological signs of infectious and parasitic diseases have been found, and no aquatic animal diseases listed in the List of Animal Quarantine Diseases Entering China and required to be reported by WOAH have been found.
(V) The entire process of fishing, production and processing, packaging, storage, transportation, transit and export shall comply with the relevant safety and sanitation requirements and traceability requirements of both parties for aquatic products, and also meet the relevant safety and sanitation requirements of the cold chain
V. Certificate requirements
Each batch or container of wild aquatic products exported from Spain to China shall be accompanied by at least one original health certificate to prove that the batch of products complies with the relevant laws and regulations on food safety in China and Spain and the relevant provisions of the Protocol. Spanish officials shall fully fill in the information of the production enterprises involved in the entire process of fishing, production and processing, packaging, storage, transportation, transit and export on the health certificate.
The certificate shall be printed in at least Chinese and English (English is the required language when filling in the certificate). The format and content of the certificate shall be approved by both parties in advance. Spanish officials should promptly submit the certificate sample, official issuing agency seal and signing official handwriting to China Customs for record. If there are any changes in the content and format of the certificate sample, official issuing agency seal and signing official handwriting, Spanish officials should file it with China Customs at least one month before it takes effect.
VI. Packaging and labeling requirements
Wild aquatic products exported from Spain to China should have outer packaging and separate inner packaging. The inner and outer packaging should be new materials that meet international food safety standards and meet the requirements of preventing contamination by external factors.
Inner and outer packaging should have firm, clear and easily identifiable Chinese and English labels, indicating the following: product name and scientific name, specifications, production date, batch number, shelf life and storage conditions, production method (marine fishing, freshwater fishing), production area (marine fishing area, freshwater fishing country or region), all involved production enterprises (including fishing vessels, processing vessels, transport vessels, independent cold storage) names, registration numbers and addresses (specific to state/province/city), destination (must be marked as the People's Republic of China).
For wild aquatic products exported to China in pre-packaged form, the pre-packaged Chinese label should comply with China's import pre-packaged food labeling requirements.
VII. Other requirements
China Customs implements inspection and quarantine on imported wild aquatic products.
For substandard products, they will be returned, destroyed or otherwise handled in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations. For production enterprises with serious problems or repeated substandard problems, China Customs will take measures such as strengthening inspection and quarantine or suspending imports.
GACC
Dec. 25, 2024
