Measures for the Administration of Registration of Imported Feed and Feed Additives


Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China
No. 2 of 2014
The Measures for the Registration and Administration of Imported Feed and Feed Additives, which were reviewed and approved at the 11th Executive Meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture on December 27, 2013, are hereby promulgated and shall come into effect on July 1, 2014. The "Measures for the Registration and Administration of Imported Feed and Feed Additives" promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture on August 17, 2000 and revised on July 1, 2004 shall be abolished simultaneously.
Measures for the Administration of Registration of Imported Feed and Feed Additives
Article 1: In order to strengthen the supervision and management of imported feed and feed additives, and ensure the quality and safety of animal products, these measures are formulated in accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives".
Article 2: The term "feed" as used in these Measures refers to products that have been processed and produced industrially for animal consumption, including single feed, additive premixed feed, concentrated feed, formula feed, and refined feed supplements.
The term "feed additives" referred to in these Measures refers to small or trace amounts of substances added during the processing, production, and use of feed, including nutritional feed additives and general feed additives.
Article 3: Foreign enterprises that export feed and feed additives to China for the first time shall apply for import registration with the Ministry of Agriculture and obtain an import registration certificate for feed and feed additives; Those who have not obtained an import registration certificate shall not be sold or used within the territory of China.
Article 4: When applying for import registration, overseas enterprises shall entrust Chinese domestic agencies to handle it.
Article 5: Feed and feed additives that apply for import registration shall comply with the requirements of relevant laws, regulations, and technical specifications of the production location and China.
Feeds and feed additives that have not been approved for production or use or are prohibited from production or use at the production site shall not be registered.
Article 6: To apply for the import registration of feed and feed additives, truthful, complete, and standardized application materials (in both Chinese and English, in duplicate) and samples shall be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Article 7: The application materials include:
(1) Application Form for Import Registration of Feed and Feed Additives.
(2) Power of Attorney and Qualification Certificate of Domestic Agency: If a foreign enterprise entrusts its resident representative office in China to register as an agent, it shall provide the original power of attorney and a copy of the "Registration Certificate of Foreign Enterprise's Resident Representative Office in China"; If entrusting other domestic institutions to register as agents, the original power of attorney and a copy of the agency's legal representative business license shall be provided.
(3) Proof of approval for production and use at the production location, registration information from other countries and regions outside the production location, and product promotion and application status.
(4) The product name, composition, physicochemical properties, scope of application, and method of use of imported feed; The product name, main ingredients, physicochemical properties, product source, purpose of use, scope of application, and method of use of imported feed additives.
(5) Production process, quality standards, testing methods, and inspection reports.
(6) Label, trademark, and Chinese label styles used in the production location.
(7) Microbial or fermented products should also provide proof of strain preservation issued by authoritative institutions.
Article 13 of these Measures for Exporting to China