when importing health food to China, you need to get the approval of health food, and then import it according to the food import method. In order to engage in the business of imported food, enterprises in China should not only go through the formalities of industrial and commercial registration and tax registration necessary for ordinary enterprises, but also increase the qualification of wholesale or retail operation of imported food within the registered business scope, and apply for food circulation hygiene licenses. If you need to import by yourself, you need to go through the following procedures at the relevant departments: you need to obtain the Registration Form for Foreign Trade Operators from the local foreign trade department, and you can only be qualified for foreign trade after filing and registration. A foreign trade operator shall, within 3 days, go to the local customs, inspection and quarantine, foreign exchange, taxation and other departments to go through the formalities needed to carry out foreign trade business with the Registration Form stamped with the seal of filing and registration. Preparation of materials before customs clearance: (1) Filing of Chinese labels After preparing the following declaration documents according to China's General Standards for Food Labeling and relevant regulations, the distributors of imported food and beverage in China will apply to the local commodity inspection and quarantine bureau after receiving the form: (the import and export agent can be entrusted to apply) The materials required for filing Chinese labels: 1. Filing form for label inspection and supervision (application form) 2. Sample pictures of original foreign labels (front and back label materials); 3, the original foreign language label translation (before and after the label information); 4. Chinese trademark design proofs (front and back label materials); 5. Certificate of origin of food and beverage; 6. Business license and telephone number of China distributor; 7. Name of foreign manufacturer company; 8, food and beverage samples (generally 3~5 packs/bottle; Sometimes more packages/bottles will be taken as needed) 9. Other information required by the certification department of the State Commodity Inspection Bureau. The information required for customs declaration and inspection of imported food and beverage is as follows: 1. Agency contract, sales contract, invoice and packing list are in triplicate. 2. Chinese label and electronic version of original label. Translation of the original label. (or Chinese label pre-filing certificate) 3, official health certificate of the exporting country (or free sales certificate or health certificate), 4, official certificate of origin of the exporting country, 5, description of the manufacturer's composition analysis, 6, fumigation certificate/declaration of non-wood packaging 7, sea/air bill of lading. 8. Documents required by other port administrations. Procedures for food and beverage import declaration and customs clearance: The procedures for importing food and beverage are complicated. The main process: goods arrive in Hong Kong = inspection = customs declaration = tax payment = customs inspection = release = inspection and quarantine bureau samples or sends samples = test samples and review Chinese labels = issue a hygiene certificate (the goods can be sold in the domestic market only after obtaining this hygiene certificate) (* Note: some special economic zones or ports require goods to be inspected and filed with Chinese labels before they can be declared). At the same time, customs declaration and tax payment are carried out. The procedure is the same as other imported goods. It should be noted that the customs price assessors will examine the authenticity of the CIF declared for imported food and beverages. In this regard, some convincing materials must be prepared and submitted to the customs, such as the customs declaration form and original factory invoice when the goods are exported. In order to avoid the distrust of the customs and the valuation by the customs (of course, it will be much higher than the original declared price), resulting in increased costs. Commodity inspection should carry out random inspection on the goods. Generally, sampling inspection is carried out according to one thousandth of the total goods. Check whether it meets the national hygiene standards for imported food, and keep the remaining sampling samples. If the commodity inspection finds that the quality of the goods does not meet the domestic standards, the goods are not allowed to be sold in the domestic market and must be returned or destroyed. Commodity inspection should also carry out quality inspection and Chinese label audit on products, such as whether the packaging quality meets the standards, whether the production date is displayed in strict accordance with domestic standards, whether the nutritional ingredients or ingredients are correctly marked, and whether the Chinese label meets the standards. In addition, the cargo documents should be audited, including the health certificate, certificate of origin, certificate of composition analysis and so on issued by the exporting country. For wooden packaging, the "fumigation certificate" issued by the exporting country must also be audited. If the Chinese label is unqualified, or the content of the Chinese label is inconsistent with the physical composition, it will also be returned or destroyed. The import procedures and market management regulations of imported health food are complicated. It is generally suggested that it is best to entrust an enterprise with the qualification of food business and the right to operate import and export in China for agency or cooperation.