Administrative measures on registration of import feed or feed additives

    (January 13, 2014 2014 2nd release since July 1, 2014, the Ministry of agriculture) first to strengthen the supervision and administration of imported animal feed and feed additives, livestock product quality and safety, in accordance with the regulation of feed and feed additives, these measures are formulated.

Article feeds in these measures refers to the industrialization process, making products for animal consumption, including single-feed additive premix feed, concentrate, compound feed and concentrate feed.

    Feed additives mentioned in these measures refers to in the feed processing, production, add small or minute amounts of substances used, including nutritional feed additives and feed additives.

    Foreign companies exporting to China for the first time in article fodder, feed additives, should register with the Department of agriculture to apply for import, feed, feed additives made import certificate; without import certificate shall not be sold in China, use.

    Fourth overseas enterprise applies for import registration shall entrust Agency in China.

The fifth applies for registration of import feed or feed additives shall comply with production and China's related laws and regulations, requirements of the technical specifications.

    Unauthorized manufacture, use or ban the production and use of feed and feed additives is not registered.

    The sixth application for import registration of feed and feed additives, shall submit to the Ministry of agriculture is true, complete and standardized application materials (in Chinese and English, a duplicate) and samples.

Article seventh application materials include:

(A) the application form for import registration of feed and feed additives;

(B) the power of Attorney and the Agency certifications: entrust its permanent representative offices of foreign enterprises acting register, it shall provide the original power of Attorney and the copy of the certificate of registration of resident representative offices of foreign enterprises; commissioned agents registered in other institutions, should provide an original power of Attorney and agent institutional entity business license copy;

(C) proof of approved production the production, use, production and other data on national, regional, product application;

(D) the feed name, composition, physico-chemical properties, scope, methods of use; name of feed additives, main components, the physical and chemical properties, product sources, purposes, scope, methods of use;

(E) production processes, quality standards, inspection methods and inspection reports;

(Vi) production and use of labels, trademarks and labels in Chinese style;

(VII) microbial products, or fermentation products, should also provide authority proof of deposit of strains.

Exports to China the way the 13th article of feed and feed additives, shall also submit the following application materials:

(A) the chemical structure identification of active ingredients reports or report of the classification and identification of animals, plants and micro-organisms;

(B) the specified test certificate issued by the Ministry of agriculture product evaluation test reports, test reports for safety evaluation (including target animal tolerance evaluation reports, toxicological safety evaluation report, metabolism and residue evaluation reports, etc), application for registration of imported feed additives, should also be provided of the feed additive in aquaculture products residues analysis of the potential impact on human health of evaluation reports;

(C) stability test reports and environmental impact statements;

    (D) there are maximum limits in feed products, should also provide the maximum limit values and methods of detection of effective components in animal feed products.

Eighth product samples shall conform to the following requirements:

(A) each product provide 2 3 batches, each batch of samples, each sample of not less than 5 times of testing requirements;

    (B) as necessary to provide the relevant standard products or chemical control sample.

    The Nineth Department of agriculture within 10 working days from the day of acceptance of the application to review the application materials; examination, notify the applicant of the samples were handed over to the Ministry of agriculture designated inspection agency for review of detection. Tenth review tests including quality standards review and sample testing.

Testing method of national standards and industry standards, and national standard or industry standard takes precedence; the absence of national standards and industry standards, using detection methods provided by the applicant, if necessary, inspection bodies can be adjusted according to the actual situation of detection method.

    Inspection bodies shall complete the review within 3 months testing and review inspection reports submitted to the Department of agriculture, with a copy to the applicant.

    11th against disagrees with the results of the review of the foreign enterprises, shall receive a review inspection reports within 15 working days from the date of application for review.

    12th review of inspection, the Ministry of agriculture issued in 10 business days import certificate of feed and feed additives, and make an announcement.

13th to apply for registration of import feed, feed additives, one of the following circumstances, by the Ministry of agriculture under the new feed, feed additives of new review procedures to organize evaluation:

(A) the export to China in China has not been used but have been approved for production and use of feed and feed additives;

(B) extension of feed additives;

(C) the content of feed additives specifications below the feed additive safety specification for requirements, from feed additives with the carrier or diluent according to the certain proportion of except;

(D) significant changes in the production of feed additives;

(E) the Ministry of agriculture has issued a new feed, feed additives of new certificate products, more than 3 years from the date of certification was not put into production;

    (F) quality and safety risks exist in other circumstances.

14th fodder, feed additives import certificate is valid for 5 years.

    Animal feed and feed additive imported registered certificate validity needed to continue to export to China feed and feed additive shall apply for renewal before the expiry of 6 months.

15th application for renewal shall provide the following information:

(A) renewal application form for registration of imported animal feed and feed additives;

(B) the copy of the import certificate;

(C) the power of Attorney and agency certifications in the territory;

(D) approved the production and use of certificates;

(E) quality standards, inspection methods and inspection reports;

    (F) the production and use of labels, trademarks and labels in Chinese style.

16th under any of the following circumstances, an application for renewal shall submit samples for review detection:

(A) according to the relevant laws and regulations, technical specifications, product quality and safety testing needs to be adjusted;

(B) the change of product testing methods;

    (C) supervision has a failed record.

    17th import certificate validity period, relocation of the imported animal feed and feed additives production site, or product quality standards, production technology, changes in scope, should apply for registration again.

18th imported animal feed and feed additive in the import certificate within the period of validity of any of the following circumstances shall apply for registration of change:

(A) change of name Chinese products or commodities;

(B) apply for a corporate name change;

(C) the manufacturer's name change;

    (D) address name change.

An application to the 19th shall provide the following information:

(A) the application form for registration of imported animal feed and feed additives;

(B) the power of Attorney and agency certifications in the territory;

(C) import registration certificate;

(D) change the description and the relevant supporting documents.

    Department of agriculture, after accepting an application for registration of changes made within 10 business days whether to approve the change in the decision.

    20th engaged in the import of animal feed and feed additive registration related units and personnel, confidential technical information submitted by the applicant should be kept confidential.

21st overseas Enterprise shall set up in China sales organization or entrust a qualified agent within China sales of imported animal feed and feed additives.

    Sales in China by overseas enterprises may not be directly imported animal feed and feed additives.

22nd overseas enterprises should be achieved in feed and feed additive within 6 months from the date of the import certificate, set up in China sales offices or authorized sales agency, and Department of agriculture records.

    Sales or sales agents in the preceding paragraph is changed, should be reported to the Ministry of agriculture to record again in 1 month.

    23rd imported animal feed and feed additives should be packaging, packaging shall conform to the relevant safety and health requirements, and attached in accordance with the provisions of Chinese label.

24th article import of feed and feed additives used in the process were confirmed to breed animals and harm human health or the environment, disable and remove import certificate by the Ministry of agriculture bulletin.

    Import certificate within the period of validity of feed and feed additives, to prohibit the use of the feed and feed additives production products or revoke the licensing for their production and use, foreign enterprise shall report immediately to the Ministry of agriculture, registered by the Ministry of agriculture import permit and notice.

25th offshore companies are finding the export to China of feed and feed additives on aquaculture animals, human health, or other security risk, it shall immediately inform their sales or sales agents in China, and report to the Department of agriculture.

Sales in China by foreign institutions or selling agent shall voluntarily recalled products prescribed in the previous record recall and report to the sale feed management.

    Recalled products should be under the supervision of local people's Governments at or above the county level shall feed management be harmless or destroyed.

26th Ministry of agriculture and the local people's Governments at or above the county level shall feed management departments should be based on the need for regular or irregular organizations imported feed, feed additives and supervision; inspection of imported animal feed and feed additive testing by the Ministry of agriculture or the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities designated by the feed management institutions with the appropriate technical conditions.

    Supervision inspection of imported animal feed and feed additive, pursuant to the import registration review during testing to determine quality standards.

    The 27th Ministry of agriculture feed management departments and provincial people's Governments shall promptly publish the results of supervision, and can come up with has a poor record of foreign companies and their sales organizations and sales agency list.

    28th engaged in registration of imported animal feed and feed additive involved, does not fulfill the duties as provided herein or abuse of power, negligence, malpractice, shall be subject to punishment constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

29th article provides false information, samples or other fraudulent means to apply for registration of imported USDA not to grant the application as inadmissible or, 1 year no longer entertain the overseas enterprise registration agency and import applications for registration.

    Provides false information, samples or other fraudulent made feed, feed additives import certificate, registered by the Ministry of agriculture import permit, registration agency to a fine below 50,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan, 3 years no longer receive the foreign enterprise registration agency and import applications for registration.

    Article 30th other acts in violation of these measures, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the regulations on feed and feed additives management penalties. 31st article this way come into force July 1, 2014. Ministry of Agriculture announced on August 17, 2000, as amended on July 1, 2004 the import of feed and feed additives management of registration repealed simultaneously.