FOOD & BEVERAGES

The General Administration of Customs (GAC) will start implementing new administrative measures for export food manufacturers applying for overseas registration on 1 January 2022. For importing countries (or regions) requiring Chinese exporters to be officially registered, the GAC will furnish them with lists of such mainland entities upon request. More

To enable consumers to easily find the best-before dates of dairy products and avoid wasting food, the State Administration for Market Regulation has encouraged manufacturers of pasteurised milk and fermented milk to indicate these dates on their products. They must also mark the date of production. More

Chile, among the first to gain access to vaccines and to start a massive booster inoculation campaign, has recovered its GDP to the pre-Covid levels at record speed. This interview discovers how this liberal Latin American country with one of the world’s freest economies is navigating the global health crisis, and how its businesses are preparing for a post-pandemic recovery in partnership with their Hong Kong counterparts. More