New China CIQ Food Label Requirements
Posted by Edward Noon in China, Export, Food Products, General TradingIs this the answer to calm the concern of China Food Safety?Â
We have received further clarification as to the new regulations required by the China CIQ (China Inspection and Quarantine) for food products.Â
All outer packaging is supposed to contain the following information to meet the CIQ’s guidelines:
1. Producer name (in Chinese), Export Quarantine Sanitarian Registered Number, Product name in Chinese, Lot number and production date to be printed or stamped on the outer carton.
2. A CIQ symbol will be added on the outer carton. Diameter of the sticker will be 20mm, 30mm or 50mm depending on the carton size.
3. The location of above and symbol on the outer carton will be according to the local CIQ’s requirement (I guess this leaves room for ambiguity). The location would be fixed but in no case to cover the customers information needs.
Inner package requirements if necessary:
1. A CIQ symbol would also be added to the retail packages, including retail box, pail, bags, etc. The diameter will be 10mm.
2. If the inner package are a type of basket, sacks or other package style which is not suitable for adding a CIQ symbol, they will be exempted, but the exemption must be approved by the local CIQ of the producer.Â
I wonder what this all means if the local CIQ and provincial CIQ or Central Government don’t agree? It seems like local CIQ can have there own criteria but maybe I am just reading too much into it.
To give you an idea this is what it would look like:
Producer name (in Chinese): 银河食å“Â
Export Quarantined Sanitarian Registered Number: xxxx/xxxxx (total of 9 digits)
Product Name (in Chinese): 毛豆èšÂ
Lot number & Production date:Â xxxx (Julian date) or YYYY/MM/DD (year/month/day)
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This will create some chaos as packers will have to get the China CIQ logo and all smaller packaging will probably have to get new artwork to incorporate the CIQ logo unless they sticker them but this I imagine will get messy and we will have CIQ stickers all over the place.
I guess the big question is will this new policy and CIQ logo affixed to the package give credability to China Food Safety? And how will this be perceived by the consumer?
I hope this gives some clarity to the new requirements. Will keep you posted on any further developments.
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