USDA ERS - China's Safety Requirements Pose Challenge for Food Exporters
China’s Safety Requirements Pose Challenge for Food Exporters May 03, 2021 China food safety requirements can cause food shipments to be turned away at the China border. Processed, consumer-ready foods and beverages such as wine top the list of items that have not met the requirements of Chinese inspectors. China’s food imports rose 12 percent from 2006 to 2019 as demand for a variety of foods increased. The number of rejected shipments has declined for exporters from the United States and European Union, but China has increased its scrutiny of food coming from les...