17 September 2026 | Shanghai, China At Specit Consulting, we track Japanese food labelling developments for exporters shipping to the market. Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) is revising the Food Labelling Standards (食品表示基準) in phases, with the most consequential changes taking effect from 2027 through 2030. Three areas affect imported products most directly: the planned…
16 September 2026 | Shanghai, China At Specit Consulting, we track regulatory changes across Asian markets and advise exporters on compliance timelines. Indonesia’s mandatory halal certification deadline for imported food and beverage products is approaching on 18 October 2026. This article sets out the regulatory framework issued this month, the two compliance pathways available to…
8 September 2026 | Shanghai, China Most labelling guides which you can search online can cover one country. Exporters targeting Asia need to understand all three major markets simultaneously — and the rules are not interchangeable. A single product often needs three different label versions, and mistakes in any market can mean shipment rejection, detention…
4 September 2026 | Shanghai, China A European chocolate brand shipped its first container to China. The product was premium. The packaging was beautiful. The shipment was held at Shanghai port — not because of quality, but because the label did not match the GACC registration. The container sat at the port while the exporter…
24 August 2026 | Shanghai, China Most exporters preparing for China have a checklist. Formula? Check. Label? Check. Registration? Check. But in our pre-entry reports, we consistently find three things that almost no one thinks to check — until the container is already at the port. What We Saw The first blind spot is additives.…
20 August 2026 | Shanghai, China In our pre-entry report, we flagged a cold chain risk for a client shipping temperature-sensitive products. The response: “Our importer has experience. They’ll handle it.” Three weeks later, an entire container arrived with a core temperature of -2°C. The shipment was rejected, returned, and the client lost over €47,000.…
14 August | Shanghai China Effective 1 August 2026, China has suspended import approvals for seed potatoes from countries affected by Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (CLso) — a quarantine bacterium linked to zebra chip disease. The measure follows repeated detections in imported seed consignments, including from Italy and South Korea. What We Saw The suspension, jointly…
13 August 2026 | Shanghai, China 17 October 2026 is a regulatory milestone for exporters of food and beverages to Indonesia. By that date, all imported products in these categories must obtain mandatory halal certification. The deadline has been known for years. The urgency is only now registering across global supply chains. Indonesia Halal Certification…
12 August 2026 | Shanghai, China Two months after China’s GACC Decree 280 took effect on 1 June 2026, the data tells a clear story: regulatory enforcement is tightening, and non-compliance is expensive. GACC Decree 280: Two Months of Food Import Rejection Data — What Exporters Must Fix Before Shipping What We Saw In the…
3 August 2026 | Shanghai, China China has revised GB 7718-2025 and GB 28050-2025. Both become mandatory on 16 March 2027. Non-compliant goods will be returned or destroyed — no second chance. For food exporters targeting China, the label is not a formality — it is a regulatory gatekeeper. And the consequence of getting it…
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