The relevant provisions of food packaging regulations are compiled and completed by the Foodmate network for reference. This summary is updated from time to time.

Reply of the General Office of the Food and Drug Administration on the Relevant Issues Concerning Packaging Labels for Bagged Ham Intestines (Food and Drug Administration Food Supervisor Letter [2015] No. 361)

Reply of the Food Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission on the issue of the shelf life of prepackaged foods (Guowei Foods Letter [2015] No. 58)

Letter of consent to the certification of production licenses for products such as plastic packaging containers and tools for food products approved by Chaozhou Quality Measurement Supervision and Inspection Institute (Quality Inspection and Supervision Letter [2015] No. 62)

Reply of the Food Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission on the labeling of prepackaged food labels (Guowei Foods Letter [2014] No. 208)

Letter on Forwarding the Reply of the Food Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission on the Labeling of Prepackaged Food Labels (Food and Drug Administration Letter [2014] No. 90)

Reply of the AQSIQ on matters related to the production license for plastic packaging, containers, tools and other products for food (Quality Inspection Supervision Letter [2014] No. 31)

Announcement (new article No. 14 of 2014) on the approval of new products such as additives for food packaging materials, such as the approval of the reaction product of titanium dioxide and n-octyltriethoxysilane

Announcement of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Extending the Transition Period of Production License Packaging Conversion for Dishwashing Detergent Products Enterprises (No. 73 of 2014)

Announcement of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on regulating the price, quality, packaging and tying of moon cakes (Announcement No. 33 of 2005)

Announcement on the approval of new varieties of additives for food packaging materials, etc. (No. 8 of 2013)

AQSIQs warning notice on the revision of the requirements for food packaging containers by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (Notice No. 7 of 2013)

Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Quantitative Packaging Commodity Measurement (Order No. 75 of the General Administration)

import and export pre-packaged food, cosmetics label inspection procedures (trial)

Measures for the Administration of Packaging and Labeling of Agricultural Products (Order No. 70 of the Ministry of Agriculture)

Administrative Measures for Inspection and Inspection of Export Commodity Packaging (Trial)

Supplementary Notice on Market Access for Products Such as Plastic Packaging Container Tools for Food (Quality Inspection Food Supervision Letter [2007] No. 77)

Notice on Supplementary Provisions on Market Access for Products Such as Plastic Packaging Container Tools for Food (Quality Inspection Food Supervision Letter [2008] No. 73)

Notice on Market Access for Food Packaging, Containers, etc. (Quality Inspection Food Supervision Letter [2007] No. 76)

General rules for the production of packaging for food, containers, tools, etc.

Rules for the Examination of Production Licenses for Plastic Packaging, Containers, Tools, etc.

Supplementary Provisions on the “Rules for the Examination of Production Licenses for Plastic Packaging Container Tools for Foods” (Quality Inspection Food Supervision Letter [2008] No. 265)

import and export food packaging containers, packaging materials implementation inspection and supervision work management regulations (national quality inspection [2006] No. 135)

Notice on Issuing the "Regulations on Inspection and Supervision of import and Export Food Packaging Containers and Packaging Materials (Trial)" (Quality Inspection Letter [2006] No. 107)

Supplementary Notice on Implementing the "Regulations on Inspection and Supervision of import and Export Food Packaging Containers and Packaging Materials (Trial)" (Quality Inspection Letter [2006] No. 151)

Announcement on the implementation of the market access system for plastic packaging, containers, tools and other products for food (AQSIQ No. 133, 2006)

Operational Specification for Inspection and Quarantine Marks for Exported Food Transportation Packaging (Guo Qing Zheng Tong [2007] No. 378)

Notice on Printing and Distributing the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Production License for Food Packaging, Containers, etc. (National Quality Inspection Food Inspection [2007] No. 279)

Notice on Recycling Bottle Grade Polyester Chips for the Production of Food Packaging (Quality Inspection Office Food Supervisor Letter [2010] No. 695)

Announcement on the publication of a list of 107 resins that can be used in food packaging materials, such as polyhexamethylene diamine (Ministry of Health, Announcement No. 23, 2011)

Letter on the reply to the question of the independent packaging label in the sales package (Letter [2009] No. 103)

Announcement on the Implementation of the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of the Label Inspection of import and Export Prepackaged Foods" (Announcement No. 27 of 2012)

Announcement on the publication of a list of 301 kinds of additives for food packaging materials such as boric acid (Ministry of Health, Announcement No. 5, 2012)

Reply of the General Office of the Ministry of Health on the issue of the date of production of prepackaged beverages (Weizhi Supervision Letter [2012] No. 470)

Reply of the General Office of the Ministry of Health on the issues related to the labeling of prepackaged beverages and wines (Weiguan Supervision Letter [2012] No. 851)

Notice on the market access for products such as plastic packaging containers for food (Quality Inspection Food Authority [2006] No. 86)

Reply of the General Office of the Ministry of Health on the issues related to the labeling of prepackaged foods (Weizhi Supervision Letter [2013] No. 36)

Announcement on the approval of new varieties of additives for food packaging materials such as 1,3:2,4-di-O-(p-chlorobenzylidene)-D-sorbitol (Ministry of Health, Announcement No. 11 of 2012)

Announcement of the list of 258 kinds of additives for food packaging materials such as N,N-diethylethanolamine (No. 5, 2013)

Notice on Increasing Production Permit Inspection Organization for Plastic Packaging Products for Food (Quality Inspection Food Supervision Letter [2013] No. 41)

Notice of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Relevant Issues Concerning the Supervision of Commodity Packaging Commodities (Industry and Guangxiu [2005] No. 173)

Reply to the issue of nutrition labeling for repeated use of glass-packed foods

Rules for the management of wood packaging materials in international trade

Notice on the problem of quantitative packaging product labeling (Quality Inspection Office Letter [2007] No. 30)

Reply of the General Office of the General Administration of the Peoples Republic of China on the issue of food production license for self-cooked hot pot (Food and Drug Administration Food Supervisor Letter [2017] No. 631)

Reply of the General Office of the General Administration of the Peoples Republic of China on the issue of malic acid labeling in products such as fresh-boiled squid and squid (Food and Drug Administration Food Supervisor Letter [2017] No. 661)

Reply of the Food Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission on the issue of inulin (Guowei Food Review Letter [2017] No. 257)

Reply of the General Office of the General Administration of the Peoples Republic of China on the Incorporation of Printed Matter in Prepackaged Foods (Food and Drug Administration Food Supervisor Letter [2017] No. 735)

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