On October 20, 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China jointly issued Announcement No. 470 "List of Animals, Plants and Their Products and Other Quarantine Ob

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On October 20, 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China jointly issued Announcement No. 470 "The People's Republic of China prohibits the carriage and delivery of animals and plants into the country. List of Its Products and Other Quarantine Objects" (hereinafter referred to as the "List"). The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and The General Administration of Customs have implemented dynamic adjustments to the "Directory" based on risk assessment. Let us take a look at the specific changes that have taken place in the "Directory". The content of the new announcement of

mainly has the following four changes:

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●The implementation purpose has been added to "prevent the invasion of alien species" and "protect ecological security"

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The policy basis has been added to the " Biosafety Law of the People's Republic of China"

is Martyrs Day .

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has added and clarified the scope of application, "incoming (transit) passengers, incoming transportation vehicle drivers and passengers, persons entering border markets or special customs supervision areas from abroad, and persons enjoying diplomatic privileges and immunities" Carry it with you or separate it for consignment, as well as postal, express and cross-border e-commerce direct purchase import and other delivery methods "Formally imported animals and plants, their products and other quarantine objects"

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has added a new "List" adjustment and release mechanism, and will implement dynamic adjustments to the "List" on the basis of risk assessment

and changes in the new "List" Specifically, it can be divided into the following five parts:

1. Title

The "mail" in the title of the old version of the "Directory" has been updated to "delivery" in this revision, which clearly includes mail and express delivery services and is in line with the unified terminology of the "Postal Law of the People's Republic of China ". The "other quarantine objects" involved in the text of the 2012 version will be summarized and supplemented, and clearly listed in the title.

2. Animals and animal products

1. In terms of "live animals", in addition to "all mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, other invertebrates and animal genetic material", an additional "crustacean".

2. List the item "Aquatic animal products (except dried, cooked, and fermented edible sauces)" separately.

3. Animal-derived milk and dairy products are updated to animal-derived milk and dairy products, and the relevant expressions are more in line with professional terms and national standard terms.

4. Emphasizes that canned bird's nests that are not prohibited from being carried or sent into the country must be "commercially sterile."

5. Subdivided animal fats, skins, raw wool, hooves (claws), bones, teeth, horns and their products, including eggshells, hoof (claw) bones that have been processed and free of blood stains, muscles and fat, etc. Horns, shells, and crustacean crafts are excluded from the List.

6. Removed the relevant content about animal-derived feed and "single feed" in the old version.

3. Plants and plant products category

1. Add the "Fresh Cut Flowers" category.

2. Remove the statement about tobacco leaf "does not contain shredded tobacco " in the old version.

3. Update the description of the "seeds, seedlings" category.

4. Remove "organic cultivation media" from the category of plants and plant products and classify it into the next section of "other quarantine items".

4. Other quarantine items

1. Add “parasite” to the category of animal and plant pathogens. Add "veterinary biological products" and other high-risk biological factors.

2. Adjust the "organic cultivation media" classified in the plants and plant products category in the 2012 version to this category.

5. Carrying and sending pets into the country

The new announcement clarifies that dogs, cats and other pets that have animal quarantine certificates and vaccination certificates issued by the official agencies of the exporting country or region can only carry or separately check one pet per person.

Announcement No. 470 (new)

Announcement No. 1712 (old)

Updated content

1. Animals and animal products

1. Animals and animal products

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(1) Live animals (except dogs and cats [2]). Including all mammals, birds, fish, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, insects and other invertebrates, and animal genetic material.

(1) Live animals (except dogs and cats [2]), including all mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects and other invertebrates, and animal genetic material.

Added crustacean

(2) (raw or cooked) meat (including organs) and its products.

(2) (raw or cooked) meat (including organs) and its products; aquatic animal products.

Aquatic products are listed separately, and restrictions on some processed products are lifted

(3) Aquatic animal products. Excludes dried, cooked, and fermented edible sauce-type aquatic animal products.

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(4) Animal-derived milk and dairy products . Including raw milk, pasteurized milk , sterilized milk, modified milk, fermented milk , cream, butter, cheese, condensed milk and other dairy products.

(3) Animal-derived milk and dairy products, including raw milk, fresh milk, yogurt, animal-derived cream, butter, cheese and other dairy products.

Name standardization, category refinement

(5) Eggs and their products. Including fresh eggs, preserved eggs, salted eggs, egg liquid, egg shells, mayonnaise and other egg source products.

(4) Eggs and their products, including fresh eggs, preserved eggs, salted eggs, egg liquid, egg shells, mayonnaise and other egg source products.

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(6) Bird's nest. Except for commercially sterile canned bird's nests.

(5) Bird’s nest (except canned bird’s nest).

Clear canning requirements

(7) Oils, skins, raw wool, hooves (claws), bones, teeth, horns and their products. Except for handicrafts such as eggshells, hoof (claw) bones, horns, shellfish, crustaceans, etc. that have been processed and are free of blood, muscle and fat.

(6) Oils and fats, skins, wool, hooves, bones, horns and their products.

Clarify the raw wool category and lift restrictions on some processed handicrafts

(8) animal-derived feeds , animal-derived Chinese medicinal materials, and animal-derived fertilizers.

(7) Animal-derived feed (including meat meal, bone meal, fish meal, whey powder , blood meal and other single feeds), animal-derived Chinese medicinal materials, and animal-derived fertilizers.

Avoid ambiguous expressions

2. Plants and plant products

2. Plants and plant products

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(9) Fresh fruits and vegetables.

(8) Fresh fruits and vegetables.

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(ten) fresh cut flowers.

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added

(11) tobacco leaves .

(9) Tobacco leaves (excluding shredded tobacco).

cut tobacco is included in

(12) Seeds, seedlings and other plants with reproductive capacity, plant products and materials.

(10) Seeds (seedlings), seedlings and other plant materials with reproductive capacity.

Added plants and plant products

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(11) Organic cultivation media.

is classified into other quarantine items

3. Other quarantine items

3. Other quarantine items

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(13) Bacterial strains, poisonous strains, parasites and other animal and plant pathogens, pests and other harmful organisms, veterinary biological products , cells, organ tissues, blood and their products, etc. biological materials and other high Risk biological factors.

(12) Animal and plant pathogens such as bacterial strains and poisonous strains, pests and other harmful organisms, biological materials such as cells, organs and tissues, blood and their products.

Added parasites, veterinary biological products, and other high-risk biological factors

(14) Animal carcasses, animal specimens, and waste of animal origin.

(13) Animal carcasses, animal specimens, and waste of animal origin.

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(15) Soil and organic cultivation medium .

(fourteen) soil.

Organic cultivated materials are merged into this item

(16) Genetically modified biological materials.

(15) Genetically modified biological materials.

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(17) Other animals and plants, animal and plant products and other quarantine objects prohibited from entry by the state.

(16) Other animals and plants, animal and plant products and other quarantine objects prohibited from entry by the state.

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Note: 1. Animals, plants, their products and other quarantine objects brought into the country by being carried or delivered by post must be approved by the relevant national administrative departments and have a quarantine certificate issued by the official agency of the exporting country or region. They are not included in this list. limit.

Note: (1) Animals and plants, their products and other quarantine objects brought into the country by carrying or mailing are not included in this list if they have been approved by the relevant national administrative departments and have a quarantine certificate issued by the official agency of the exporting country or region. restrictions.

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2. Only one dog, cat and other pets with animal quarantine certificates and vaccination certificates issued by the official agencies of the exporting country or region can be carried or checked separately per person. Specific quarantine requirements shall be implemented in accordance with relevant regulations.

(2) Only one dog, cat and other pets with animal quarantine certificates and vaccination certificates issued by the official agencies of the exporting country or region are allowed per person.

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3. If laws, administrative regulations, and departmental rules have other provisions on animals and plants, their products, and other quarantine objects that are prohibited from being carried or sent into the country, the relevant provisions shall be followed.

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Here comes the key point-violating Announcement No. 470 may violate criminal law!

Notice of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on the issuance of the "Supplementary Provisions of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on the Standards for Filing and Prosecution of Criminal Cases under the Jurisdiction of Public Security Organs (I)" (official Chinese characters) [2017] No. 12):

Article 59 of the "Case Filing and Prosecution Standards (1)" is revised to: "Case of obstructing animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine (Criminal Law Article 337) violates national regulations on animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine, causing major animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine cases" If there is a plant epidemic, a case should be filed for prosecution. According to the national regulations on animal and plant epidemic prevention and quarantine, if there is a risk of causing major animal or plant epidemics and is suspected of one of the following circumstances, a case shall be filed for prosecution." List of Animals, Plants and Their Products and Other Quarantine Objects" The listed items have entered the country and evaded quarantine more than twice, or the items listed in the "List of Animals, Plants and Their Products and Other Quarantine Objects Prohibited from Carrying and Delivering into the People's Republic of China" have been intercepted by the animal and plant quarantine authorities. ;

(7) Other serious circumstances. The "major animal and plant epidemics" specified in this article shall be determined in accordance with the relevant regulations of the national administrative department.

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Contributor: International Inspection and Quarantine Standards and Technical Regulations Research Center of the General Administration of Customs (and WTO/TBT-SPS National Research Center of the People's Republic of China Notification and Consultation Center), Ningbo Customs

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