Regarding the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Wild Aquatic from Solomon Islands to China
I. Inspection and Quarantine Requirements
(I) "Law of the People's Republic of China on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine" and its implementing regulations, "Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection" and its implementing regulations, "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" and its implementing regulations;
(II) "Measures for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety of the People's Republic of China" and "Regulations on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Production Enterprises of Imported Foods of the People's Republic of China";
(III) "Protocol on Inspection, Quarantine and Sanitation Requirements for Wild Aquatic Products Exported from the Solomon Islands to China between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Health and Medical Services of the Solomon Islands" (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol").
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 and the List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China, live aquatic animals and aquatic plant propagation materials, and species listed in the Solomon Islands Wildlife Protection and Management Law, live aquatic animals and aquatic plant propagation materials.
III. Requirements for production enterprises
Production enterprises (including fishing vessels, processing vessels, transport vessels, and independent cold storage) that export wild aquatic products to China should be approved by the Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services and be effectively supervised by it. The food safety and sanitation conditions of production enterprises should comply with the requirements of relevant food safety laws and regulations of China and Solomon.
According to the relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and its implementing regulations and the Law of the People's Republic 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 Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services to GACC for registration. Without registration, they are not allowed to export to China.
IV. Requirements for imported products
The Solomon Islands Department of Health and Medical Services shall ensure that wild aquatic products exported to China meet the following conditions:
(i) Legally caught in domestic or international waters;
(ii) The raw materials and products do not have the following problems:
1. Aquatic animal diseases listed in the "List of Diseases for Animal Quarantine for Entry into the People's Republic of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Disease List") and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) that must be reported and related to the "Protocol" products occur in Solomon Islands, causing or possibly infecting wild aquatic products exported to China;
2. Any major food safety incident occurs in Solomon Islands, which has affected or may affect wild aquatic products exported to China;
3. Wild aquatic products exported or to be exported to China by Solomon Islands seriously violate the laws and regulations of China and Solomon Islands and the provisions of the "Protocol";
4. Any major public health incident occurs in the production enterprise, such as employees infected with major infectious diseases, which has 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 prohibited by either party are used directly or indirectly, and drugs or additives restricted or permitted by either party are used as required; no pathogenic microorganisms, toxic and harmful substances and foreign matter listed in the laws and regulations of China and Solomon are found after inspection by the competent authorities;
(iv) All wild aquatic products exported to China are safe, hygienic and suitable for human consumption after inspection and quarantine by the competent authorities, and no pathological signs of infectious and parasitic diseases are found, and no aquatic animal diseases that must be reported as listed in the Disease List and stipulated by WOAH are 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 comply with the relevant safety and sanitation requirements of the cold chain.
V. Certificate requirements
Each batch or container of wild aquatic products exported by Solomon 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 of China and Solomon and the relevant provisions of the Protocol. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services of the Solomon Islands shall complete the information of the production enterprises involved in the whole process from fishing, production and processing, packaging, storage, transportation, transit and export on the health certificate.
The certificate shall be printed in 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. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services of the Solomon Islands shall promptly provide the certificate sample, the official issuing agency seal and the handwriting of the signing official to the Chinese Customs for filing. If there are any changes in the content and format of the certificate sample, the official issuing agency seal and the handwriting of the signing official, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services of the Solomon Islands shall file with the Chinese Customs at least one month before the effective date.
VI. Other requirements
The Chinese Customs shall implement inspection and quarantine on imported wild aquatic products.
For unqualified products, they will be returned, destroyed or otherwise handled in accordance with the provisions of Chinese laws and regulations. For production enterprises with serious problems or repeated unqualified problems, the Chinese Customs will take measures such as strengthening inspection and quarantine or suspending imports.
GACC
August 7, 2024
