The Administration Measures for Alcohol Circulation have been issued by The Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China on 7 November 2005. This regulation came into force on 1 January 2006 and is administrated by the Ministry of Commerce. In accordance with this regulation, only China based companies are qualified and required to be registered and to obtain alcohol circulation certificate before marketing in China. In the meantime, for any wholesale business events, companies are required to fill in attachment list to record circulation details.
The Alcoholic beverage product should go through inspection and quarantine process by 1) Organoleptic inspection, labeling inspection and hygienic inspection on site, and 2) Microorganism test and physical- chemical test in laboratory. In the case of the products passing all above inspection and tests, the importers will receive a hygiene certificate. With this hygiene certificate, alcoholic beverage products can be then imported into China.
Alcoholic beverage products should comply with specific China national standards in product qualities as follows:
| Index | Alcoholic beverage product category | National standard |
| 1 | Beer | GB 4927-2008 |
| 2 | Wines | GB 15037-2005 |
| 3 | Chinese rice wine | GB/T 13662-2008 |
| 4 | Milk wine | GB/T 23546-2009 |
| 5 | Brandy | GB/T 11856-2008 |
| 6 | Whisky | GB/T 11857-2008 |
| 7 | Vodka | GB/T 11858-2008 |
| 8 | fermented alcoholic drink | GB 2758-2012 |
| 9 | Distilled spirits | GB 2757-2012 |
| 10 | Integrated alcoholic beverage (Lu Jiu) | GB/T 27588-2011 |
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Initially set up by China Inspection and Quarantine(CIQ) Bureau in 2007 to provide REACH compliance services to Chinese chemical industry, CIRS has grown to be a leading provider of comprehensive chemical compliance services for companies doing businesses in/with China.
Our services cover new substance notification, registration of the import and export of toxic chemicals, registration of hazardous chemicals, classification and labeling in according to China GHS, Chinese SDS, risk assessment of industrial chemicals, food additives and cosmetic ingredients. We provide one-stop solutions to your regulatory issues in China.We also deliver the most up-to-date regulatory information about chemical control laws in China.
Our services cover new substance notification, registration of the import and export of toxic chemicals, registration of hazardous chemicals, classification and labeling in according to China GHS, Chinese SDS, risk assessment of industrial chemicals, food additives and cosmetic ingredients. We provide one-stop solutions to your regulatory issues in China.We also deliver the most up-to-date regulatory information about chemical control laws in China.
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Ms. Cathy Yu, Senior Consultant, Food Safety Regulation, CIRS China
11F Dongguan Building, 288 Qiuyi Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China, 310020
Tel : +86 571 8720 6538 | Fax : +86 571 8720 6533
Email: cathy.yu@cirs-group.com
