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Anti-counterfeiting Traceability Management System has been established in Shanghai Free Trade Zone to strengthen the supervision of imported Alcoholic Beverages

Original Article by MS. Alice Yang from CIRS

News show that there are 30% of all alcoholic beverages consumed globally is adulterated and maybe the percentage is even higher in China.

For preventing adulterated alcoholic beverages trading in China market, Imported Alcoholic Beverages Anti-counterfeiting Traceability Management System was firstly established in Shanghai Free Trade Zone. It was jointly set up by Shanghai Exit-Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ), Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Shanghai Wine Monopoly Bureau and China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Administration.

This system adopts the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology additionally on the basis of used two-dimension code. All information regarding the alcoholic products can be found by consumer, such as manufacturer, original country, importer, etc.

Now, Imported Alcoholic Beverages Anti-counterfeiting Traceability Management System has been applied to imported wine trading at Waigaoqiao International Exhibition and Trading Center of Wine and Beverage. Meanwhile, it will expand to other member units of Waigaoqiao International Exhibition and Trading Center of Wine and Beverage in the second half of this year.

It would be very helpful to protect the legal rights of legitimate business and offer Chinese consumers the rights to learn the truth.

Reference

http://www.shciq.gov.cn/xwzx/mtbd/201407/t20140704_39106.shtml

Other Information Regarding Imported Alcoholic Beverage May Concern

According to information published by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) and compiled by CIRS’s food team regulatory, more than 1045 tons of imported alcoholic beverages have been rejected by China Custom between March 2012 and May 2014 (please refer to the table at the end of this article). Most of these alcoholic beverages were imported from France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Australian and New Zealand.

Why the imported alcoholic beverages were destroyed or returned by China Custom?

1. Unapproved food additives
2. Unapproved nutrition enrichment
3. Incompliant food label
4. Unqualified organic inspection, physical and chemical indexes or microbiological index
5. Exceed shelf-life, leak of certificates, substandard packing, etc.

If you want to export alcoholic beverage into China successfully, it is necessary to comply with China national standards and regulations strictly. Specific information regarding food regulatory compliance in China can be found here.

Regulations and China Food Safety National Standards for Alcoholic Beverage Compliance

1. GB 2760-2011 Food Safety National Standards for the Usage of Food Additives (CN version free download)
2. GB 14880-2012 Food Safety National Standards for the Usage of Nutrition Enrichment (CN version free download)
3. GB 7718-2011 Food Safety National Standards for General Rules for the Labeling of Prepackaged Food (CN version free download)
4. GB 28050- 2011 Food Safety National Standards for General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (CN version free download)
5. GB 10344-2005 Food Safety National Standards for General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Alcoholic Beverage ((CN version free download))
6. GB 2761-2011 Food Safety National Standard for Maximum Levels of Mycotoxins in Food ((CN version free download))
7. GB 2762-2012 Food Safety National Standard for Maximum Levels of Contaminant in Food ((CN version free download))

Alcoholic Beverage Product Categories and Corresponding National Standards

Statistics on Rejections of Imported Alcoholic Beverage from 2012 to 2014
Compiled by CIRS

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