China: China Released Code of Hygienic Practice for Grain Processing

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On December 23, 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) released the National Food Safety Standard for Code of Hygienic Practice for Grain Processing (GB 13122-2016), which will be implemented on December 23, 2017. This Standard specifies the basic requirements and management rules for sites, facilities and personnel involved in raw materials procurement, processing, packaging, storage and transportation in the process of processing the grains to rice, wheat flour, corn particles, corn flour and other primary products by means of mechanical and other physical methods. A draft of this standard was notified to the WTO as SPS CHN 1003 in September 2015. Please note that the comment process has ended and that this standard is considered final.

China: China Released Code of Hygienic Practice for Grain Processing

 

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