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GB 14881-2013 National Food Safety Standard - General Hygiene Regulation for Food Production

GB 14881-2013 National Food Safety Standard - General Hygiene Regulation for Food Production. This standard came into effect on 1 June 2014. This standard supersedes GB 14881-1994 General Hygienic Regulation for Food Enterprises. This standard specifies the requirements for raw material procurement, processing, during the food production process...
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cnca published supporting documents for organic product certification

    To further improve the organic product certification system, in accordance with the Measures for the Administration of Organic Product Certification (Decree No. 67 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine) and the Implementation Rules for Organic Product Certification (Announcement No. 34 [2011] of cnca), the state...
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GB2763-2012 Maximum residue limits for pesticides in foods

   National Food Safety Standard - Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food (GB 2763-2012) officially came into effect on 1 March 2013, replacing the six previous national standards relating to maximum residue limits for pesticides in food, while 10 related...
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The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has released the Administrative Measures for Organic Product Certification (Draft for Comment).

Measures for the Administration of Organic Product Certification (Draft for Comments) Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 (Legislative Purpose and Basis) To promote the development of organic product production, processing and trade, strengthen the administration of organic product certification, and safeguard the legitimate rights...
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Dynamic addition to the organic product certification catalogue

   In accordance with the Administration Measures on Organic Product Certification (General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Order No. 67 [2004]) and the Implementation Rules for Organic Product Certification (cnca Announcement No. 34 [2011]), and following the principles of orderly advancement and dynamic adjustment, the national certification...
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Forwarding cnca 'Explanation on Related Issues Concerning the Issuance and Use of Organic Product Certification Marks'

1. Transition period for the old and new organic product certification logos. According to the requirements of the "Announcement on the Launch of the National Organic Product Certification Logo Filing System" (Announcement No. 9 of cnca2012), those who received the old organic product certification logos from certification bodies or had printed logos with...
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cnca Notice on the Activation of the National Organic Product Certification Mark Filing System

   According to laws and regulations such as the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Certification accreditation, in order to further strictly enforce the use of the national organic product certification mark and make it convenient for the public and relevant regulatory departments to query and identify organic products and their marks...
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Certification and Accreditation Administration releases the Catalogue of Organic Product Certification

Organic Products Certification Catalogue No. Product Name Product Scope Production Plant category (including wild plant collection) Cereals 1 Wheat Wheat 2 Maize Maize; sweetcorn; waxy maize 3 Paddy rice Paddy rice 4 Foxtail millet Foxtail millet 5 Sorghum Sorghum 6 Barley Barley; malting barley; feed barley 7 Oats Naked oats; oats 8 Minor cereals Broomcorn millet...
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Urgent Notice on Further Regulating Certification Activities for Organic Products and Other Food and Agricultural Products!

Urgent Notice on Further Standardising Certification Activities for Organic Products and Other Food and Agricultural Products. Recently, various sectors of society have strongly voiced concerns regarding issues such as the forgery, fraudulent use, expiration, and out-of-scope use of organic product certificate, certification marks, as well as non-compliant certification, consultancy, and unqueryable data in society...
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AQSIQ Decree: Administrative Measures for Certification Bodies to come into effect from 1 September

Measures for the Administration of Certification Bodies of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (Decree of the General Administration No. 141) Decree No. 141 The Measures for the Administration of Certification Bodies, having been deliberated and passed at the executive meeting of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on 13 January 2011, are hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as of...
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Measures for the Establishment and Management of Organic Agriculture Demonstration Bases (Trial)

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to implement the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law, put into effect the spirit of the No. 1 Central Document concerning “supporting the construction of green and organic agricultural product production bases”, promote the tailored, scientific, standardised and healthy development of organic agriculture, advance the transformation of agricultural production methods and the sustainable development of agriculture, combined with...
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Administrative Measures for the Packaging and Labelling of Agricultural Products

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Agricultural Product Quality and Safety, with a view to standardising the production and operation of agricultural products, strengthening the management of agricultural product packaging and labelling, establishing and improving the agricultural product traceability system, and ensuring the quality and safety of agricultural products. Article 2 Agricultural...
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Measures for the Administration of Safety in Agricultural Product Producing Areas

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Agricultural Product Quality and Safety, with a view to strengthening the management of agricultural product production areas, improving production area conditions, and safeguarding production area safety. Article 2 Agricultural product production areas as referred to in these Measures mean plants, animals, and micro-o...