MARA Imported Pet Food Registration Service - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

Background

According to “Administrative Measures on Pet Food”, the Pet Food only refer to Dog Food and Cat Food. Pet food is one kind of feed, includes three categories (“Pet compound feed”, “Pet additive premixed feed”, and “Other Pet food”).

Pet food category	The definition of each category
Pet compound feed (usually refer to “complete pet food”)	Feed formulated by various feed raw materials and feed additives with an appropriate proportion; Can meet pets’ overall nutritional needs when use alone.
Pet feed additive premix (usually refer to “food supplements”)	Meet the needs of pets for nutritional feed additives (e.g. amino acid, vitamin, mineral, enzyme preparation, etc.) ; Feed formulated by nutritional feed additives and carrier/ thinner with an appropriate proportion
Other Pet food (usually refer to “pet snacks”)	To achieve the purpose of rewarding pets, interacting with pets, or stimulating pets to chew and bite; Feed formulated by some feed raw materials and feed additives with an appropriate proportion;

Oversea pet food manufacturers export pet compound feed or pet feed additive premix to China for the first time, should entrust its Chinese company/office or entrust a Chinese domestic agent to apply for the Registered License with MARA (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the P.R.C.). Other pet food (pet snacks) is not necessary to do the registration.

To view the full Imported Pet Food compliance procedure, please click HERE.

To view the Food Registration contents, please click HERE.

Registration Process

Requirement of the Pet Food Recipe

Pet food is not allowed to use any substance which is not listed in “Catalogue of feed raw materials” or “Catalogue of feed additives”. When using the feed additives, the requirements of “Catalogue of feed additives” and “Safety use regulations of feed additives” should be abided by.

Requirements of Application Materials

“Imported feed and feed additive application form” (template is listed below): should fill out the form in bilingual
Power of attorney: the letter of oversea manufacturer entrusting Chinese domestic agent to apply for the Registered License.
Certificate of approval of production and use in place of origin
Physical and chemical properties of products
Source and composition of products
Production process
Quality standard and the test method
Original label, trademark, and Chinese label
Using purpose, application scope, and using method
Packaging material, net content of each packaging, shelf life, and storage condition
Registered license or marketing situation of the product in other countries or regions other than the place of origin

Applicant Form for Registration of Import Feed or Feed Additives (Sample-fish meal)

商品名稱：（中國銷售使用的中文商品名稱，不得全部用外文字母、符號、漢語拼音和數字表示） Trade Name: FISHMEAL（生產地銷售使用的商品名稱，應與原產地標簽一致）	通用名稱：（應符合《飼料標簽標準》《寵物飼料標簽規定》規定） Common Name
產品類別：（按單一飼料、添加劑預混合飼料、濃縮飼料、配合飼料、精料補充料、飼料添加劑、混合型飼料添加劑、寵物配合飼料、寵物添加劑預混合飼料分類填寫） Product Classification: Single Feed	感官：（顏色、氣味、形狀和狀態） Sensory Index: Brown Powder with Fishy Smell
技術指標：（應包含產品的理化指標和衛生指標，并填寫控制值及單位） Guaranteed Analysis and Hygienic Index 理化指標： …… 衛生指標： ……
使用方法：（適用范圍、用法、添加量和注意事項） Usage and Dosage
生產廠家：（英文名稱與地址應與生產地官方證明文件一致）名稱（生產廠家名稱中文譯名） Name（生產廠家英文名稱）地址（生產廠家地址中文譯名；工船加工的魚粉，填寫工船名稱及編號） Address Produced on Board at Vessel:（生產廠家英文地址）
申請企業：名稱（一般與生產廠家一致，也可填寫總公司名稱；工船加工的魚粉，填寫總公司名稱） Name （生產廠家英文名稱）地址（申請企業地址中文譯名） Address （申請企業英文地址）
境內代理機構： Domestic Agent 公司名稱（應與企業法人營業執照或外國企業常駐中國代表機構登記證上名稱一致）通訊地址 ×××，郵編××× 聯系人 ××× 聯系電話 010-×××（固話） 138×××（手機）郵箱地址 ×××@163.com
申請企業負責人簽字: Signature of Applicant Company 公章（Seal）	境內代理機構負責人簽字： Signature of Domestic Agent 公章（Seal）

Requirements on Sample Quality Verification Test

After receiving the notification from MARA, company shall send 3 batches of sample and self-test report (self-test report can be also submitted together when submitting the application to MARA) to the Laboratory designated by MARA, and then the laboratory will conduct the sample quality verification test.

Registration Timeline

Responsible authority	Main responsibility	Required deadline
MARA Government affairs hall	Accept the application, if there is no missing materials	/
MARA	Carry out the technical review on the application materials	Within 20 workdays
Laboratory for feed quality testing designated by MARA	Carry out the sample quality verification test	Within 2 months (but usually 2 months is not enough)
MARA	Issue the “Registered License”	Within 10 workdays

Usually, after submitting the application materials, pet food will take about 4 to 6 months to obtain the “Registered License”.

CIRS Services

Compliance Procedure and Service of Imported Pet Food

Confirm the pet food category
Review if the feed raw material and feed additive used are allowed to use or not, meanwhile, review the use level
If anything incorrect, provide the revision suggestions

Label Review Service of Pet Food in China

Confirm the pet food category
Review the original label and Chinese label, and provide revision suggestions
Design Chinese standard label

MARA Imported Pet Food Registration Service

As the agent register pet food with MARA
Arrange sample clearance and sample test

If you have any needs or questions, please contact us at service@cirs-group.com.

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