Regarding the Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for the Wild Aquatic Products of Indonesia
I. Basis for inspection and quarantine
(1) The Import and Export Animal and Plant Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China, the Implementation Regulations of the Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Implementation Regulations of the Import and Export Commodity Inspection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Implementation Regulations of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China;
(2) The Measures of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety and the Provisions of the People's Republic of China for the Registration of Overseas Production Enterprises of Imported Food;
(3) Protocol between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia on Inspection, Quarantine and Veterinary Health Requirements of Wild aquatic Products exported from Indonesia to China (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol).
2. Scope of imported products
Wild aquatic animal products and their products, algae and other aquatic plant products and their products for human consumption do not include the species listed in the appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the List of Wildlife under Key State Protection of China (LSKPWA), living aquatic animals and aquatic animal and plant reproduction materials.
3. Requirements of production enterprises
Production enterprises (including processing enterprises, fishing vessels, transport vessels, processing vessels and independent cold storage) that export wild aquatic products to China shall be approved by the Indonesian authorities and subject to their effective supervision. The sanitary conditions of the production enterprises shall comply with the requirements of veterinary health and public health laws and regulations of China and Indonesia.
According to the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and the Implementation Regulations of the Import and Export Animal and Plant Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China, the production enterprises that export wild aquatic products to China shall be recommended by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as Indonesia) to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as China) for registration. No export to China without registration.
4. Requirements for imported products
Indonesia shall ensure that wild aquatic products exported to China meet the following conditions:
(a) Legally harvested in Indonesian national or international waters.
(b) Raw materials and products are not in the areas covered by the following issues:
1. The occurrence in Indonesia of an aquatic animal disease listed in the Catalogue of Imported Animal Quarantine Diseases of the People's Republic of China and notifiable by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) related to the products of the Protocol, which causes wild aquatic products exported to China to be infected or likely to be infected;
2. Any major food safety incident in Indonesia that has affected or may affect wild aquatic products exported to China;
3. Indonesia has exported or intends to export wild aquatic products to China in serious violation of the laws and regulations of China and Indonesia and the provisions of the Protocol;
4. Any major public health event occurs in the production enterprise, such as the infection of employees with major infectious diseases, which has contaminated or may contaminate wild aquatic products exported to China, their packaging and means of transport;
5. The fishing area is affected by pollutants, such as radioactive pollutants, which have contaminated or may contaminate wild aquatic products imported into China.
(C) does not directly or indirectly use drugs or additives prohibited by both parties, according to the provisions of the use of drugs or additives restricted or permitted by both parties; No pathogenic microorganisms, toxic and harmful substances and foreign bodies listed in the laws and regulations of China and Indonesia were found after inspection by the competent authorities.
(4) All wild aquatic products exported to China must be inspected and quarantined by the competent authorities. They are hygienic, safe and fit for human consumption. No pathological indications of infectious or parasitic diseases have been found, and no notifiable aquatic animal diseases have been found as listed in the List of Diseases of Entry Animal Quarantine Inspection of the People's Republic of China and as required by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).
(5) The whole process of fishing, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, transit and export meets the relevant health requirements and traceability requirements of the two sides, and meets the relevant safety and health requirements of the cold chain.
5. Certificate requirements
Each container of wild aquatic products exported by Indonesia to China shall be accompanied by at least one original health certificate certifying that the products comply with the veterinary and public health laws and regulations of China and Indonesia and the relevant provisions of the Protocol. Indonesia shall complete the information of the production enterprises involved in the whole process of fishing, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, transit and export on the health certificate, including the name and registration number of the processing plant, fishing vessel, transport vessel, processing vessel and independent cold storage, and shall not omit the information of the production enterprises involved in any of the above links.
The health certificate must be printed in at least Chinese and English (English is required when completing the certificate). The format and content of the certificate shall be approved by both parties in advance. Indonesia shall promptly provide the sample of the health certificate, the seal of the official issuing authority and the handwriting of the signatory officer to China for record. If the content and format of the health certificate sample, the seal of the official issuing authority and the handwriting of the signing officer are changed, Indonesia shall file with China at least one month before the effective date.
6. Packaging and marking requirements
Wild aquatic products exported to China in Indonesia should be packaged in outer and separate inner packaging. The internal and external packaging should be new materials that meet international health standards and meet the requirements of preventing pollution by external factors.
The internal and external packaging should be affixed with labels in Chinese and English or Chinese Indonesian, including: product name and scientific name, specifications, production date, shelf life, lot number, storage conditions, production method (wild fishing), name and number of the production enterprise, production region and address of the production enterprise (specific to the state/province/city), destination (marked as the People's Republic of China).
For wild aquatic products exported to China in the form of pre-packaging, the pre-packaged Chinese labels shall comply with the requirements for the labels of imported pre-packaged food in China.
7. Other requirements
The Chinese Customs conducts import inspection and quarantine on Indonesian wild aquatic products exported to China.
Non-conforming products will be returned, destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations. For production enterprises with serious problems or repeated failures, China will take measures such as strengthening inspection and quarantine or suspending imports.
It is hereby announced.
GACC
November 6, 2023
