China: China Notifies Draft National Food Safety Standard on Good Manufacturing Practice for Dairy Products
On May 12, 2020, China notified the National Food Safety Standard: Good Manufacturing Practice for Dairy Products (GB12693-xxxx) to the WTO SPS Committee as G/SPS/N/CHN/1158. This Draft Standard will replace the existing National Food Safety Standard: Good Manufacturing Practice for Milk Products (GB12693-2010). Notably, this revised standard lists special technical standards for various dairy product classes, including pasteurized milk, sterilized milk, fermented milk, milk and whey powder, and processed cheese. Comments on the measure may be submitted to China’s SPS Enquiry Point (sps@customs.gov.cn) by July 11, 2020 . There is currently no published date for implementation of the final standard. This report contains an unofficial English translation of the draft standard.
