01
Product not eligible for import
Country, category and producer must all remain within active access scope.
Regulations & resources · Pre-shipment risk guide
Seven food-import compliance risks that are easy to miss
This is not a correction list for use after arrival. It helps teams new to importing verify access, formulation, entity consistency and the final Chinese label before purchase commitment, artwork approval and shipment.
Seven-risk overview
Every risk belongs to the same import evidence chain
The conversation names the risks; seven nodes add the key pre-shipment decision for each. Hover or focus a card to trace it to the compliance core.
FoodLabelFood import compliance coreProduct facts · Official status · Final artwork
02
Ingredient use not compliant
Verify every food-use basis, then assess additives against the actual category.
03
Registration does not match packaging
Name, address, number, site and approved category must match.
Do not stop at the registration number: match the actual site, registered entity and approved product category against the artwork.
04
Nutrition declaration errors
Align basis and units before recalculating rounding, NRV% and energy.
Check source-value extraction, per-100 g/ml versus per-serving bases, zero thresholds and rounding order; then independently verify NRV%, energy and tolerances.
05
Character height non-compliant
Measure character height on the final artwork at true scale.
Beyond Chinese-versus-foreign sizing, verify net-content height, bold or 3 mm warnings, and category-specific display text.
06
Name obscures the product's true nature
State the food's true nature separately from its brand name.
07
Mandatory declarations incomplete
Combine general, import-specific and category-triggered declarations.
How to use this guide
Lists, registrations and standards can change
This page builds pre-shipment review awareness and does not guarantee access or release for a specific product. Formal decisions require the category, origin, formula, process, effective standards and current official information.