Events

Food Webinar

CIRS Free Webinar: Opportunities and Challenges of Exporting Infant Formula to China

Time : 21 April 2020
Location : China
Lang. : English, Chinese, Japanese
Cost : Free
Infant formula plays an important role in feeding infants. Because of the large number of Chinese population, Chinese infant formula industry has its natural advantage. In recent years, the annual Chinese market of infant formula reaches 100 billion RMB with 10% increase rate. Also, positive factors like the two-child policy make the infant formula industry promising. In addition, many Chinese consumers tend to choose imported infant formula, which results in more and more foreign infant formula companies showing their interest in Chinese market. However, Chinese government pays high attention to the quality of infant formula, thus government set strict requirements and regulations on the infant formula registration.
Food Webinar

CIRS Free Webinar: Introduction of China FSMP Registration and Current Status Analysis Introduction

Time : 18 March 2020
Location : China
Lang. : English, Chinese, Japanese
Cost : Free
In China, Foods for Special Medical Purpose (FSMP) is a newly developing type of special food which is designed for patients. Though FSMP has not been widely used for clinic at present, its future market potential is promising. According to Food Safety law of the people’s republic of China (2015 version), before entering to the Chinese market, FSMP needs to get registered with Chinese authority SAMR (former CFDA). And the following questions are frequently asked by companies: What kind of product can apply for the FSMP registration? Are there any qualification requirements for the applicant? What is the registration process and what are the related dossiers requirements? In order to help companies have a better understanding of the China FSMP registration, this webinar will mainly focus on the following aspects to answer above mentioned questions: Introduction about FSMP and its categorization; registration background and process, registration dossier requirements and test requirements, current status and future trends. Besides, considering FSMP is a relatively new concept, many companies may find difficult in distinguishing FSMP, other food products and medicine. Therefore the difference between those categories will also be emphasized.
Food Webinar

CIRS Free webinar: All Overseas Food Manufacturers Shall Register the Factory at GACC before Entering China Market?

Time : 23 January 2020
Location : China
Lang. : English
Cost : Free

On November 26, 2019, the General Administration of Customs, P.R.China (GACC) issued the Administration Measures on the Registration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Foods (Draft) for public comments. 

With the goal of helping companies have a better understanding of how GACC works, CIRS held a webinar to talk about this regulation. This webinar will have an introduction to this draft, show the documents which companies need to prepare, talk about the current registration process and give the CIRS analyses.

Food Webinar

CIRS Free Webinar: How to Use the Food Ingredients in Prepackaged General Food for China Market

Time : 11 December 2019
Location : China
Lang. : English, Japanese, Chinese
Cost : Free
Enterprises have long been troubled by the fact that imported prepackaged foods are destroyed or returned because their ingredients are not in compliance with Chinese food regulation. Since there is no positive list for food ingredients in China, it is really difficult for oversea enterprises to check if the food raw materials and additives used in food are Chinese regulatory compliant or not. With the goal of helping enterprises to have an overview of Chinese food ingredients, this webinar will introduce the allowed food ingredients in China, explain how to check if the food ingredients can be used in specific products, and give suggestion on the unapproved ingredients. 
Food Webinar

CIRS Free Webinar: Regulatory Compliance Guide to Sport Nutrition Food Exportation to China

Time : 30 October 2019
Location : China
Lang. : English, Chinese, Japanese
Cost : Free
Sports nutrition food has been growing in China at over 40% for the last few years and is conservatively estimated to be worth over 200 million USD. More and more foreign food companies show their interests in this promising market and planning to export their sport nutrition food to China. However, here come the questions: What is the definition of sport nutrition food in China? What are regulations for sport nutrition food in China? What shall companies do to export the sport nutrition food to China legally? This webinar will answer those questions and explain in detail about the regulatory compliance process for sport nutrition food.