China: China Notified the Draft National Food Safety Standard - General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods
On May 11, 2020, China notified the General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-xxxx) (Draft Standard for Comments) to the WTO TBT Committee as G/TBT/N/CHN/1420 and to the WTO SPS Committee as G/SPS/N/CHN/1153. Comments can be sent to the TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center at tbt@customs.gov.cn, or to the SPS Enquiry Point at sps@customs.gov.cn. The deadline for comment submission is July 10, 2020. China has not announced a proposed date of entry into force of the Standard. This report contains an unofficial translation of the draft standard. Note: China released the same draft standard for domestic comment on December 31, 2019. The General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-2011) currently in effect was issued in April 2011 and came into force a year later.
