Laws of the People's Republic of China

Announcement No.145, 2006 of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, on Resuming the Import of Dairy Products form Argentina

No.145, 2006

On February 2006, Bovine Foot and Mouth Disease virus type O was detected in Argentina, a region located at north of the south latitude 42. Therefore, Ministry of Agriculture and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine jointly issued Announcement No. 609, 2006, forbidding direct or indirect import of artiodactyls and their products from the above-mentioned region.

Recently, with the application of the Argentina government, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine made a risk assessment to the production and processing works of some dairy products of Argentina, and affirmed that the related works met the sanitation security requirements of China.

Therefore, decisions are made to permit four kinds of Argentina dairy products, namely butter, whey powder, full-cream milk powder and whey protein concentrate, to be exported to China.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine

October 27, 2006