China issued new rules last weekend that require dairy products produced overseas to be registered with the country’s quality watchdog or be barred from entry at China’s ports, Financial Times reported. A second regulation requires all formula sold in China to carry Chinese-language labeling affixed at the source. Together, the regulations appear to be aimed at importers redirecting formula products originally destined for different markets. As such they could limit the large grey market supplying Chinese demand, including the multiple online sellers serving parents outside the main import zones of Guangdong, Shanghai and Beijing.
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