The below information has been received from DAFF.

The Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) recently published a notice in relation to health foods titled  – ‘Notice of Further Standardizing the Supervision and Management of Health Food and Crack Down on Related Illegal Acts’. Based on this notice, the Department of Agriculture (the department) understands the following applies to product labelled as health food exported from Australia to China:

1.     Food cannot be labelled with health claims unless approved by CFDA; and

2.     Any products which are in tablet, capsule, oral liquid granules or pill form and which have a prescribed dosage and daily intake limit must be approved by CFDA; and

3.     Raw material exported as food, but which is intended for use in the production of a health food, must be listed on a health food approval document.

The department has requested further information on these importing country requirements, including more details regarding the CFDA approval process, and will update industry when further advice is received.

The department strongly encourages exporters to verify import requirements for health foods prior to export.

 This market access advice will also be available shortly on the Department of Agriculture website at http://www.daff.gov.au/biosecurity/export/fish/fish-notices