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Update on China’s pet food production
and new pet food industry regulations
Jinquan Wang, Ph.D & Associate Professor
Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
August 21, 2018 Shanghai
• The Feed Research Institute (FRI) of CAAS is a national
research institute in China, has more than 10 national
feed scientific technology centers/laboratories. Including
the pet food research center.
Background:one of the Drafters of:
New《 Pet food Regulations》 2018-06-01
Issued by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China.
Team leader of:
1. Pet Nutrition & Pet Food Processing Technology Research
Team of Feed Research Institute of CAAS.
2. “Survey on the development of China’s pet food industry”(2013-2020)Projects funding by MARA.农业农村部《中国宠物饲料行业发展调研》。
3. “Research on Quality control of the extruding pet food
processing and evaluating standards of the pet food”(2016-
2019) Projects funding by Ministry of Science and
Technology of the China.科技部国家重点研发计划课题《挤压膨化宠物饲料生产质量控制与标准评价技术研究》
报告内容 Contents
➢2017中国宠物食品(犬、猫粮)行业现状分析Update on China’s pet food industry
➢新版中国宠物饲料(食品)管理法规解读New China 《pet food regulations》2018
Review:Key Event of Pet Food Industry in 2017
➢ In 2017, there was a phenomenon that capital entered the pet industry. As a representative of such enterprises, New Hope Group participated in the acquisition of Real Pet Food Company in December, which is an Australian pet food enterprise. The transaction amount was as high as Australian Dollar 1 billion (RMB 5 billion Yuan).
➢ In October 26, Neovia, a French company, invested in Tianjin Ken-Sanpo Animal Medicament Health Product Co., Ltd., which started the new mode that foreign-funded enterprises entered Chinese pet food market.
Neovia was established in France in 1954. Today, they have 8200 employees,business activities include animal feed production and sales, premix, additivesand its value added services,pet care, additives and raw material, aqua-cultureand full rate materials. In 2017, Neovia global sales revenue reach 1.7 BillionEuro, there is high growth in the area it covers, their structure and capacity:
• Has 72 manufacturing plants across 25 countries• Has major businesses in Western Europe, South & Central America and• South East Asia• Focus on creativity, there are 11 R&D centers in 6 countries, 140 professional
scientists, have joint projects with over 40 universities in 17 countries.
In July 2017, after negotiation, via successfully acquiring Neovia, ADM managed to get the exclusive franchise agreement. (Neovia is a supplier providingglobal animal nutrition solutions and value added services)
➢In July 22, ePet.com (ePet Mall) announced that they just received Series B funding of USD 50 million from IDG Capital.
➢In Sep 20, Grass Green Group of New Hope Group set up Mao Ning Holdings
There are highest number of Pet Food companies successfully
go public listed in 2017
➢ Petpal Pet Nutrition Technology Co. Ltd(CPET, Stock code 300673)
was listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in July 11, 2017, major
business is export of pet treats (chewing gum treats),as of end 2017,
market value 3.4 billion Yuan.
➢ Qingdao Tiandihui Foodstuffs Co.,Ltd entered the US capital market,
was listed in US Nasdaq in Sep 21, major business is export of pet
treats, as of end 2017, market value 63.1 million Yuan
➢ The first public listed China Pet Food company: Shangdong Luscious
Pet Food Co. Ltd, stock code 832419, 2015.
➢ Yantai China Pet Foods Co.,Ltd was publicly listed on main board in July 2017, major businesses include pet treats (canned, ifex, biscuits, treats, etc), as of end of 2017, market value 3.547 Billion yuan.
➢ Acquired 100% share of New Zealand ZEAL in June 28, 2018
In Oct 20, 2016, Jiangsu ZhongHeng Pet Articles Joint-Stock Co. Ltd submitted pre-listing tutorial to Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Commission.In Nov 2016, Shanghai Bridge Petcare signed a tutorial agreement with CICC (China International Capital Corp), Hillhouse Capital Group.In Jan 2017, NEEQ listed enterprise Hangzhou TianYuan Pet Products Factory started to receive pre-listed tutoring from Haitong Securities.In July 11, 2017, NEEQ listed enterprise Tianjin YiYi Hygiene Products Co Ltd filed pre-listed tutorial registration materials to Tianjin Securities Regulatory Commission, presently taking pre-listed advice from Huarong Securities.In Aug 24, 2017, U-Play Corporation filed pre-listed tutorial registration materials to Anhui Securities Regulatory Commission, presently taking pre-listed advice from South West Securities.
➢ Both in terms of capacity and no. of establishment of new enterprises reach the record high
➢ There are more than 30 sets of pet feed equipment installed in China in 2017 and the capacity of single equipment wasabove 2.5t/h, mainly for equipment update of existing enterprises and increase of production line, accounting for above 60%.
➢ Imported pet feed
➢ International brands register with MARA (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs) and file with AQSIQ (General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection & Quarantine) reach record high
➢ In last 5 years, there are 408 imported pet feed products registered with MARA (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs)
➢ According to statistics, in 2017, imported brands (including smuggling) from various channels entered into China, sales volume reached 30,000-40,000 tons, sales amount about 6-8 hundred million Yuan.
2013-17 Ministry of Agriculture Imported Pet Feed Registration Number
AQSIQ Listing(Last update: Dec 22, 2017)
Product Qty
America | Europe | Oceanic | Asia
Ministry of Agriculture Imported Pet Feed Registration breakdown by Geographic
Ministry of Agriculture Imported Pet Feed Registration breakdown by Source Origin
No. of manufacturers
America | Europe | Oceanic | Asia
➢ Cross-border e-commerce
Some foreign pet food manufacturers enter into the Chinese
Market via B to C channels; foreign pet food has price and
brand advantages and superiority, this has an impact on
domestic pet food product.
Guangzhou Namshan Free Trade Zone cross-bordere-Commerce Pet Food Area
1. China Pet Food(dog, cat food)Industry Research Report 2017
Update on China’s pet food production
Updates in China
• According to the survey result, China Pet food manufacturing
output continues to a high growth in 2017. Full year dog and
cat food total output reaches about 1.1 million tons, a 22.3%
increase comparing to 900,000 tons in 2016, the increase
slowed down. Production output reached about 10 Billion
Yuan, end market sales volume reached 35-39 billion Yuan, a
growth of 30%.
• In 2017, market sales revenue growth is above 30% in 2017,
higher than the output growth, reason maybe due to rise of
product price due to increase of raw material price.
Pet food output (Million tons)
Growth rate %
2017 China Pet Feed Major Production By Geographic Location
Shandong & Others 13 11%
Hebei Region
45 41%
Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang region 28 26%
Beijing, Tianjin
Region
24 22%
New Trend of Pet Food Production LocationShangdong gradually becomes the new base for China pet food production, has advantages of raw
materials availability and logistics support!
GambolPet, China Pet Foods, Luscious, Shangdong Pet Products Co. Ltd, Nory Pet Food, Haid Pet Care……..
Occupies about 1/3 of country-wide poultry slaughtering capacity, at 2.5 billion heads
➢ Hebei HuaXing Pet Food invested 500 million Yuan into
modernized new production plant, started operations in 2017,
they use Swiss Buhler processing equipment and doubled the
productivity, annual production capacity at 180,000 tons, ranked
No. 1 as the biggest processing facility in China! (Automated
packaging production line)
➢ Hubei Old Ghost Group invested 400 Million Yuan for fish bait
and pet food production facilities and started operations. In 2017
Pet Fair Asia, WA! Brand pet food was officially launched.
2017 China Top 15 Domestic Pet Dog/Cat food brand of
sales over 100M Yuan!
Output Vol. / Million tons Output Value / Hundred Million Yuan
• China Pet Food(Staple food)Industry
Development Trend 2010-2020
In China, pets fed by dried food is less than 25%, even in the most well developed cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, the dried pet food feeding is just about 30%.
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Volume(Million tons)
1. Pet dogs/cats market product type development& trend survey
➢ Conduct of the Survey is supported by MARA (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs
➢ Research respondents cover Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Harbin, Shenyang, Jinan, Tsingdao, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chengdu, Chongqin, 14 big and medium sized cities’pet stores, pet clinics and hyper-mart, total 420 samples (randomly distributed)
全国14个大中城市的宠物店宠物医院大型超市
2017 China Pet Food survey city distribution map
Covered 14
big & medium
sized cities
pet stores, pet
clinics and
hyper-mart
China 14 cities pet stores dog food brands market share
MarsNature Bridge
OdinLiLangMy Foodie
Pure & NatureKitchen Flavor
SanpoProPlan
Pedigree
China 14 cities pet stores cat food brands market share
My FoodieLiLangNory
SanpoAier
Whiskers
PetMaster
OdinPedigreeMars
China 14 cities Pet Food Taste Market share
Dog food Cat Food
ChickenBeefFishOther Flavor
China 14 cities Pet Food Type Market share
Dog food Cat Food
Grain-FreeFresh meatNaturalPrescriptedFunctionalOrdinary food
Pet dogs & cats staple food trend➢2015
Naturalfood,fresh meat
➢2016 Grain-free, fresh meat
➢2017 Grain-free, fresh meat, wild taste, functional, natural plants
➢2018 Grain Free!
➢ Pet Food & Nutrition Testing Research Base,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
➢ They have 30 Kennels and 10 cat houses; with over 700 pet dogs of over 20 breeds and over 200 pet cats of over 10 breeds. This is the biggest China pet dogs/cats’food and nutrition professional testing research base.
➢ Staff strength: professional researchers including 3 doctorate and 10 post-graduate/master degree holders.
➢ Meal Enhancer (Palatability Test)
➢ Pet food nutritious additives functional test➢ Palatability of different pet food raw materials, digestive test➢ Nutrition value test of different pet food formula➢ Prescripted food, functional food and weight-reduction
formula’s research & development➢ New pet food ingredient selection and evaluation on
nutrition value➢ Pet dogs and cats food quality inspection and evaluation of
feeding effectiveness ➢ Pet food safety evaluation, MARA (Ministry of Agriculture &
Rural Affairs)➢ Pet food ingredient and basic nutrition database set-up
二、新版中国宠物饲料(食品)管理法规解读
Latest Edition
China Pet Feed 《 Pet Food 》Administrative
Regulations 2018
中华人民共和国农业农村部公告
第20号Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bulletin
No. 20
《宠物饲料管理法规》
本办法自2018年6月1日起施行
“Pet Feed Administrative Regulations”
Effective from June 1, 2018
法规主要内容 Major Regulations Details:
1. 宠物饲料管理办法
Pet food admin regulations
2. 宠物饲料生产企业许可条件
Requirments of the licensing of pet food manufacturer
3. 宠物饲料标签规定
Pet food labeling regulations
4. 宠物饲料卫生规定
Pet food hygiene regulations
5. 宠物配合饲料生产许可申报材料要求
Pet compound food production license application & requirement
6. 宠物添加剂预混合饲料生产许可申报材料要求
Pet additive premix food production license application & requirement
1. Pet Food Admin Regulations
Definition: Pet feed is processed food to be directly consumed by pets, including pet feed, additives premix food and other pet food.
Types:
➢ Pet compound food
➢ Pet additive premix food
➢ Other pet foods (Pet snacks)
Explanation:
Main reason for Pet food classification is to abide with the PetfoodRegulations
1. Characteristics:direct consumption
➢ Pet compound food = full nutrition pet food = full nutrition dog (cat)
food
➢ Pet Additive pre-mixed food = supplemental pet food = nutritional
supplement
➢ Other pet feeds = pet snacks
2. Does not classify by packaging
Explanation:
3. ”Production Permit” – Permitted details:
①Pet Compound food ②Pet Additive Pre-mix Food
Other pet feeds (pet snacks) do not require permission!
4. Provincial Level Feed Admin Office to approve and issue
license
Pet Additive Pre-mix Food does not need approval number!
Transitional Period:
– For enterprises that already have the approved Production
Permit and Import Registration Permit: can continue to use
the certification document till expiry, BUT HAVE TO
COMPLY WITH THE LABELING REGULATION SEP 1, 2019 /
HYGIENE STANDARD REGULATION JAN 1, 2019
– For ingredients used in the pet food that is not applicable
to pet food related regulation, follow the rule of pet
additive & remix food , Pet Use Remix
– Pet additive & remix food = Pet Health product, direct
consumption
– Regulation 14: Overseas pet food manufacturing companies exporting pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, should appoint their China local office or their China local representatives to apply for registration from the Agriculture Administrative Department of the State Council of China and obtail the “Import Registration Permit”
– Explanation:Other Pet Food (tweats and snacks) do not to register with MARA (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs) !
Regulation 15: For exporting pet food to China, should be packaged with Chinese labeling as required by“Pet Food Labeling Regulation”, product hygiene labeling should abide with the “Pet Food Hygiene Regulation”; pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food quality and quantity should fit with the requirement of the“Import Registration Record Standard”
Understanding: Presently, to register imported pet food,
need to follow the new edition of “Pet Food Labeling
Regulation”, don’t wait till Sep 1, 2019. “Pet Food
Hygiene Regulation” will take effect from Jan 1, 2019.
Regulation 12: Online Pet food sales 3rd party platform provider, need to require Pet Food business providers to use “Real Name Registration” to use their platform, make sure that the business providers to seriously fulfill their responsiblities and obligations to Pet Food Product Quality Safety Management, to protect and ensure that online sales of pet food product to comply with the requirement of the regulations.
Temporarily
cease of online
sales due to
comply with
MARA
requirement
2. Conditions for Pet Food Manufacturing Enterprise Permit
– Product Type:
Solid pet compound food, solid pet additive pre-mix food,
Semi-solid pet compound food, semi-solid pet additive pre-
mix food
Liquid pet compound food, liquid pet additive pre-mix food
production requirement, there is no requirement on
production equipment capability!
3. Pet food Labeling RegulationNo.4: Pet food product label should be displayed in easily
visible position, marked “This product complies with Pet
Food Hygiene Requirement”( 本产品符合宠物饲料卫生规
定”) , use stickers or printed style to attach “Product Quality
Test Passed Certification”.
No. 5: Product name should be displayed in the label with
generic name. Generic name should use consistent font type,
font size and font color, not allow to emphasize any partial
content. Product name can be displayed together with the
generic name, but must be AFTER or BELOW the generic name,
font size cannot be bigger than generic name.
Label Content:
①Product Name ② Ingredient composition ③ Product composition
analysis & guarantee value ④ Net weight ⑤ Storage condition ⑥
Instruction for use ⑦ Precaution ⑧ Manufactured date, expiry date
⑨ Production company name & address ⑩ Permit Cert no. and
product standard info, etc ⑩ Product inspection passed certification
Smart display position :This product complies with Pet Food Hygiene
Regulation, do not feed this to ruminents, (except animal origin, milk
and milk product)
Imported Pet product: In addition to above, display country of origin or
district name in Chinese, mark “Import Registration Cert Number”
and “Imported Product Review Inspection Report Number”
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Generic Naming
Pet Compound Food:(Chinese naming)
“Pet Compound food”(宠物配合饲料),”Pet full nutrition food”(宠物全价饲料)、”Full-nutrition Pet Food”(全价宠物食品)、”Full Nutrition (Dog/Cat food) ”(全价(犬、猫粮))、Full Nutrition Teddy food”(全价泰迪粮) etc.,
Prescriped food naming“处方粮” :Under designated physical condition of pets, pathological condition compound food, must indicate ingredient, mark “Please use under Veterinary advice”
Pet Additive Pre-mix food: (as below Chinese naming)
“Pet additive pre-mix food”(宠物添加剂预混合饲料), “Supplementary Pet food”(补充性宠物食品), “Pet Nutrition Supplement” (宠物营养补充剂)
Other Pet food:”Pet snacks”(宠物零食) ,can label as chew gum (咬胶)、teething stick (磨牙棒), etc
Besides, need to label the animal type that is suitable to consume and their life stage
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Generic Naming
Prescribed food:Pet designated physical or pathological condition’s full nutrition food, must prove ingredient, label “Please use under licensed veterinary instruction!”
Refer to appendix 5 to label products applicable to physical or pathological use and major nutrition characteristics;
4、reduce urate stone
Example:this product used to reduce dogs and cats urate stone formation possibility, the purine and protein in the product has been adjusted scientifically.
If is not covered in Appendix 5, can label as well and
provide relevant verification information.
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Ingredients Formation:
① Ingredients formation :must meet the requirement of “Pet Food Ingredients Directory”
Accending order additive %, Decending order for animal hydrolysate, label as “pet food compound additives”(宠物饲料复合调味料) or Taste Enhancer”(口味增强剂)
②Additive formation :must meet the requirement of “ pet Food Additive Directory”
Anti-oxidants, colorants, seasoning or attractants’additivescan be labeled Category Name (类别名称).
Variety Name (品种名称) ≠ Category Name (类别名称),cannot mixed-up
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
3. Pet Food Labeling RegulationITEM REQUIREMENT LABELING
Crude Protein Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
Crude Fat Minimum value: for product claiming of ≥,equal or not lesser than;
low fat, should label the maximum value For low-fat product, should label:
Min value≤Crude fat≤Max value, or Crude
fat not lesser than,and not more than
Crude Fiber Maximum Value ≤,equal or not greater than
Moisture Maximum Value ≤,equal or not greater than
Coarse ash Maximum Value ≤,equal or not greater than
Calsium Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
Total Phosphorus Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
Water soluble Chloride Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
(Cl) Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
Lysine, for dog food Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
Taurine, for cat food Minimum value ≥,equal or not lesser than
Analysis Guarantee Value:
① Pet Compound Food
Besides the basic items, designated physical, pathological
nutrition needs, can put special labeling, e.g. omega-3,
linolenic acid, etc
② Pet Additive Pre-mix Food
Moisture, nutritious additives
③ Other Pet Food
Moisture, can based on needs to label other ingredients
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Multiple packing:
① Inner packing not selling on its own:Outer packing labeling as required by the regulation, inner packing at least have to indicate product name, expiry date and net weight
② Inner pack to sell on its own:Both Inner and outer pack must label as per the requirement of the regulation
③ Inner pack sell on its own, outer pack is transparent or use for protection during transportation
Giveaway:
In addition to label as per the requirement of the regulation, need to indicate “Free Sample”(免费样品), “Giveaway”(赠品), “Not For Sell”(非卖品) or “Tester”(试用装) etc
Contract processing:In addition to label as per requirement, need to indicate name of the contract manufacturer company name, registered address and production permit number
GMO:need to comply with “Agricultural Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Labeling Administrative Rule” (农业转基因生物标识管理办法)
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Principle:
Pet food labeling can make CLAIMS on ingredients, function and
characteristics,all the claims should have proof, proof doc includes
published materials, textbook, formula formation, inspection data or
testing reports, etc.
Forbidden to promote pet food to be able to prevent or treat pet
diseases。For non-disease problem such as against pets hair ball /
tartar accumulation, can use“preventive”wordings in labeling
When claim for ingredients, claim’s content should place adjacent to
product name, use same font type and font color, font size cannot be
bigger than product name, cannot be in any form to exaggerate or
emphasize any part of the content
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Claim – Ingredients Claim:
①“Chicken”formula:chicken content ≧ 26%;
“chicken rice”formula: chicken content ≧ 26%,rice ≧3%;
② Containing “chicken”formula: chicken content ≧14%;
containing “chicken rice” formula: chicken content ≧14%,
rice ≧ 3%;
③ Containing“chicken”: chicken content ≧ 4%;
Containing“chicken rice”: chicken content ≧ 4%,rice ≧ 3%;
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Claim – Ingredients claim:
④ Flavor claim:beef flavor, chicken flavor, fish flavor, use of flavoring
agent
⑤ add-on claim:cheese added, advocado added, spirulina added
⑥ nutrient and additive claim: contains VE%,contains chelated iron %,
contains chondroitin sulfate %, contains yucca extract %;
⑦“High” “increase”“low”,should be 15% above relative to this
company’s product
⑧ Non“XX”No“XX”,only restrict to not containing“pet food
ingredient and additives”.
“Grain-free”“non-gluten”,“NO clenbuter”“NO hormone”
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Claim – Ingredient claim:“Natural”
① All pet food ingredient and additives need to be UNPROCESSED, NON-CHEMICAL PROCESSED, OR ONLY UNDERGONE PHYSICAL PROCESSED, THERMAL PROCESSED, EXTRACTED, PURIFIED, HYDROLYSED, ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSED, FREMENTED or SMOKED, etc, can use “Natural”, “Natural Food”or similar wordings.
② If added chemically synthesized nutrients, can also claim as “Natural” or “Natural Pet Food”, but need to use wording “Natural, with XX added”
Claim“Freshly…”, the“Fresh”:Certain ingredient, except refrigerated, should be UNCOOKED, DRIED, FREEZE-DRIED, DYDROLYSED, or similarly being processed, and should not contain sodium chloride, preservatives or other pet food additives.
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
Moisture recovery:
For dehydrated pet food ingredient, can claim the
product content as per after moisture recovery. If to use
moisture recovery, other ingredients should be
recovered at the same time, to execute as per appendix
No. 7
Fruits and vegetables anhydrates(not including the by-
products made from fruits and vegetables skin or
residues ):90.0%;
Meat, fish anhydrates(Only includes edible poultry
/animal tissues):75.0%;
Cereals:15.0%
3. Pet Food Labeling Regulation
• Noted: 1. In above example, original recipe of 24.2kg chicken powder, after moisture recovery will have 87.2 kg chicken meat, about 46.4% of the recipe after recovery, this can claim as “Chicken recipe”; original formula of 2.0kg of carrot powder, after moisture recovery will have 18.4kg carrot, about 9.8% of formula after recovery, can claim as “contains carrot”; original recipe of 1.8kg beef powder, after moisture recovery will get 6.4kg of beef, about 3.4% of the recipe after recovery, can claim as “beef taste”.
Raw MaterialRecipe mix
(kg)
Moisture
content in raw
material %
Dried content
in recipe (kg)
Moisture
recovery
standard %
Recipe structure
after recovery
(kg)
Recipe
formation
proportion
after
recovery%
corn 66 10 59.4 15 69.9 37.2
chicken
powder24.2 10 21.8 75 87.2 46.4
beef powder 1.8 11.1 1.6 75 6.4 3.4
carrot powder 2 8 1.8 90 18.4 9.8
additive pre-
mix4 4 4 2.1
Fat 2 2 2 1.1
Total 100 187.9 100
4. Pet Food Hygiene Regulation4. Agriculture Admin Department of the State Council and
Provincial People’s Government Feed Admin Department
will act according to their duty and power, supervision and
random checking, will announce a list of bad records’pet
food production enterprises, business owners and 3rd party
online trading platforms. list.
5. Pet food production enterprises, business owners, will be
penalized according to Rule No. 46 of“Pet food & Pet food
additives Admin Regulation”if the pet food produced does
not comply with the standard of the Hygiene Regulation
6. This regulation took effect from June 1, 2018.
TypeSerialNo.
HygieneIndicator
Product Name Limitation① Testing Method
Remarks
Inorganic pollutant
& nitrogen compound
1Florine,F,
mg/kg
Pet compound food ≤150
GB/T 13083
—
Pet Additive pre-mix food, other
pet food
≤500
(Phosphorus
content ≤4%)
•Phosphorus
content in
this chart is
based on
88% dried
material
content
≤125/1%Phosph
orus content
(Phosphorus
content >4%)②
2
Cadmium
(Cd),mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet
additive pre-mix food, other pet
food
≤2 GB/T 13082 —
3
Chromium
(Cr),mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet
additive pre-mix food, other pet
food
≤5
GB/T 13088-
2006
(Atomic
Absorption
Spectrometry)
—
4
Mercury
(Hg),mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet
additive pre-mix food, other pet
food
≤0.3 GB/T 13081 —
TypeSerialNo.
HygieneIndicator
Product Name Limitation① Testing Method
Remarks
Inorganic pollutant &
nitrogen compound
5Lead
(Pb),mg/kg
Pet compound food ≤5GB/T 13080 --
Pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food ≤10
6Total
Arsenic,mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food that contain aquatic animal and its products or algae and its products
≤10
Total Arsenic:GB/T 13079Inorganic
Arsenic:GB/T 23372
Inorganic Arsenic not exceed 2 mg/kg
Pet compound food that does not contain aquatic animal and its products or algae and its product
≤2
—Pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food that does not contain aquatic animal and its products or algae and its product
≤4
7Melamine,mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food ≤2.5 NY/T 1372
Canned pet food of
moisture over 60% need to base on its
original form
8
Nitrite(NaNO2
),mg/kg
Compound pet food of moisture content less than 14% ≤15 GB/T 13085 —
TypeSerialNo.
HygieneIndicator
Product Name Limitation① Testing Method Remarks
Mycotoxin
9Aflatoxin
B1,μg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food ≤10
NY/T 2071(Applicable for pet
food of moisture content <60%);
GB/T 30955(Applicable for pet food
content ≥60%)
—
10FumonisinB1+B2 ,mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤5 NY/T 1970 —
11DON,
vomitoxin,mg/kg
Pet compound food(cat food)、Pet additive pre-mix food(cat food)、Other pet food(catfood)
≤5
GB/T 30956 —Pet compound food(dog food)、Pet additive pre-mix food(dog food)、Other pet food(dog food )
≤2
Mycotoxin
12Zearalenone,
mg/kg
Pet compound food(infancy, pregnancy, lactation), Pet additive pre-mix food(infancy, pregnancy, lactation)、Other pet food(infancy, pregnancy, lactation)
≤0.15
NY/T 2071 —
Pet compound food(adult stage)、Pet additive pre-mix food (adult stage)、Other petfood (adult stage)
≤0.25
13OchratoxinA,
mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤0.01 GB/T 30957 —
14T-2 & HT-2,
mg/kg
Pet compound food(cat food)、Pet additive pre-mix food(cat food)、Other pet food(catfood)
≤0.05 SN/T 3136 —
Natural plant toxin
15Cyanide
(HCN),mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤50 GB/T 13084 —
Type Serial No. Hygiene Indicator Product Name Limitation① Testing Method Remarks
17
Polychlorinated biphenyl(Total of PCB28、PCB52、
PCB101、PCB138、PCB153、
PCB180),µg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food ≤40 GB 5009.190 —
18666(HCH),mg/kg
α-HCH
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤0.02
GB/T 13090 —-
HCH
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤0.01
-HCH
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤0.2
19Hexachlorobenzen
e(HCB),mg/kg
Pet compound food, pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food
≤0.01 SN/T 0127 —
Microbial Pollutant
20Salmonella,
(25g)
Pet compound food(except canned food)
Should not have in test
result
GB/T 13091 —Pet additive pre-mix food(except canned food)、Other pet food(exceptcanned food)
Should not have in test
result
21Micro
organism
Pet compound food(canned food)、Pet additive pre-mix food(canned food)、Otherpet food(canned food)
Commercially sterilized
GB 4789.26 —
Remarks:①Limitation as stated in the chart, besides specified, is based on 88% dried material (except microbial pollutant index) ②When phosphorus content is >4% in Pet additive pre-mix pet food and other pet food, every 1% increase in phosphorus, the limitation of fluorine content in 500mg/kg can increase by 125mg/kg. E.g. Pet additive pre-mix food, other pet food phosphorus content is 5%,fluorine limitation is 625mg/kg;if phosphorus content is 5.5%,fluorine limitation comparatively increases to 687.5mg/kg。
IMPORTED PET FOOD MARA (Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affiars)
LICENSE REGISTRATION PROCESS
The registration procedure and related expenses as followings:
Registration Procedure (ALL ingredients and/or active composition of the product must be on the list of the approved feed additives issued by Chinese MARA.)
Firstly, the applicant prepares the registration documents according to the requirements of Chinese MARA.
Secondly, MARA will fax the Acceptance Letter to the applicant if the documents passed the evaluation. The applicant to submit the Acceptance letter with the samples under three batches to Chinese Feed Control Inspection Institute to undergo the test, the inspection is free. The test should be done within 3 months.
Lastly, MARA will issue the Registered License if the samples pass the test. This procedure will take 20 working days. If the samples do not qualify, the applicant can apply again after 1 year.
The Requirements for the New Registration of Feed and feed Additives
Items Introduction
1 Application
FormChinese Agent should fill in this form on website of Chinese MARA,English with Chinese, and get the final version with QR Code after
Chinese MARA confirmed the form. Both the manufacture and the
Chinese Agent must sign and seal on this form.
2 License of
Chinese
Agent
A sealed copy of business license of the Chinese Agent should be
provided.
3 Authorization The agent of China should submit an Authorization letter in
Chinese to MARA, confirming that the agent is consigned and
authorized by the manufacturer to handle the import registration
procedure. The agent should be a registered company in China.
This document should be notarized by a third party in the origin
country.
4OfficialCertificates
Certificates evidencing
the registered product
and its main
ingredients are
allowed for production
and use as feed or
feed additive in thecountry of origin.
EU: copy of the ingredients on the list of Approved Feed
Additives by EC No 1831
USA: copy of the ingredients on the list of Approved Feed andFeed Additives by AAFCO
A copy of Manufacturelicense
It should be notarized by third party and confirmed by ChineseEmbassy in the origin country.
Certificate of Free Sale Name of the product, name and address of the manufacture must be
shown on this file and it need to be confirmed by Chinese Embassy.
The manufacture, use, sale of the product in the origin country is
free and no other limitation.
This file should be confirmed by Chinese Embassy in the origincountry.
5 Physical and chemical characters Including sensory properties (color, flavor, existence state, etc.) and
physical and chemical characters (such as boiling point, melting
point, density, refractive index, in a common solvent solubility, light,
or heat stability, etc.).
6 Composition
and ingredients
Raw material composition or active ingredients of the product. The names of
raw materials shall be as detailed as possible, and the chemical structural
formulas shall be provided for chemical structures, if any.
1. Formula: The content of each ingredient must be provided.
2. GMO statement: For the product made of the plant and/or vegetable
ingredient and the fermentation product, GMO Statement is needed, and this file
needs be notarized by third party in the origin country.
3. Identification Certificate: For the fermentation product, the manufacture
should provide the Identification Certificate of Strain used in the product.
7 Manufacture
description
and flow
chart
Manufacture flow chart for the product and details description. The flow chart
shall reflect critical steps of the production process. The text description shall
reflect the technical conditions and methods in the flow, and simply indicate the
raw materials and equipment used in the production as well as the steps in the
production process.
8 Specification
(or Quality
standard), test
method, and
test reports
1. Quality standard or specification: The quality standard for the product shallbe consistent with the quality specification approved, and analysis methodacknowledged, by relevant management authority in the country of origin.The quality standard shall include the contents of various active ingredientsand the control indicators for various hazardous substances in the product.2. Analysis method: The standard code shall be specified if the internationalstandards such as ISO/IEC and AOAC are adopted, and the detailedinspection operating procedure shall be provided if other inspection methodsare used.3. Analysis reports: Analysis reports on the samples under three differentbatch numbers shall be provided for each product. The product must be inshelf life.4. Analysis report for Dioxin: For some products include the mineralingredient such as bentonite, silicon dioxide or/and silicic acid.
9 Label and the
photos of the
package
including front
and back
9.1 English Label9.2 Chinese Label: it is provided by Nadine.9.3 Photos of the packaging,9.4 Manual: This file should include the information such as the function,composition, quality standard, usage, storage, net weight and shelf life, etc.
10 Application and
Usage/dosage
Specify in detail the scope of applicable animals, the additive amount fordifferent animal feeds and notes on usage.
11 Package,
storage and
shelf life
11.1 Packaging specifications: Shall specify the packing materials and unit netweight of the product. Please cut the corner of the packaging bag and provideit with the application documents.11.2 Notes on storage: Include the storage place, storage condition andstorage method.11.3 Shelf life: Shall indicate the production date and shelf life of the product.
All English files except the official certificates must be printed on the papers with letterhead of the manufacturer, sign and seal on each page. All Chinese translations must be sealed by Chinese Agent.Samples: The manufacturer should provide the samples under three numbered batches, two bags per batch number, and 400g per bag. Three batches mean that the manufacture dates of the samples should be different.
Register Consulting email: [email protected]
Imported Pet Food Management:
Need to obtain “Import Pet Food Registered License”issued by MARA, valid for 5 years
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