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20 May 2025
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 431/2025
The Mainland of China : Cooperation Agreements on Export of Meat and Dairy Products from Hong Kong to the Mainland
The Environment and Ecology Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) signed on 19 May 2025 the “Memorandum of Understanding on the Inspection, Quarantine and Hygiene Requirements for Meat Products Exported from Hong Kong to the Mainland” and the “Cooperation Arrangement for the Export of Dairy Products from Hong Kong to the Mainland” (collectively referred to as cooperation agreements). Upon implementation of the arrangements, Hong Kong-manufactured meat and dairy products meeting the requirements set out in the cooperation agreements will be allowed to be imported into the Mainland.
2.The cooperation agreements put in place the monitoring of food safety from the source for Hong Kong-manufactured meat and dairy products exported to the Mainland. The cooperation agreements will cover requirements for testing the sources of food raw materials and for the food manufacturers on production management, including storage and transportation of food products.
3. Following the signing of the cooperation agreements, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will discuss with the GACC the operational details of the agreements. Please refer to the Appendix for the relevant press release.
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4. For details of the cooperation agreements, please contact CFS (https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/contactus/contactus.html). For other questions on this circular, please contact Mainland Branch (I) (tel: 2398 5444) of the Department.
Yours faithfully,
(Brian CHOI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.