If you manufacture, process or store food products listed below (Article 7 products), a verification from the department is required to facilitate registration with China.
For Article 7 products, the department has a limited role to verify information and make verifications for China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) registration. Any applications submitted through the CIFER system are assessed by the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) at their discretion.
For more information about verification, contact exportlisting@aff.gov.au
List of Article 7 products
- Meat and meat products
- Beef products
- Pork products
- Mutton products
- Horse meat, Donkey meat, Mule meat products
- Poultry products
- Rabbit meat products
- Venison products
- Camel meat products
- Bear meat products
- Kangaroo meat products
- Dog meat products
- Other meat products
- Casings
- Pig intestine casings
- Sheep intestine casings
- Cow intestine casings
- Deer intestine casings
- Other animal intestine casings
- Bird's nest and bird's nest products
- Bee products
- Eggs and egg products
- Edible oil and oilseeds
- Oilseeds
- Edible vegetable oil
- Edible animal oil
- Stuffed pastry products
- Edible grains
- Grain milling industrial products and malt
- Fresh and dehydrated vegetables, dried beans
- Fresh and dehydrated vegetables
- Dried beans
- Natural plant spices
- Nuts and seeds
- Dried fruits
- Unroasted coffee and cocoa beans
- Unroasted coffee beans
- Unroasted cocoa beans
- Special Dietary Foods (Excluding milk-based infant formula）
- Soy-based infant formula
- Special medical use formula
- Infants supplementary Foods
- Other (nutritional supplements, sports nutrition supplements)
- Functional foods
- Dairy
- Infant formula milk products
- Pasteurised milk and other milk products
- Aquatic products
More information
Export registration with China
The China Import Food Enterprise Registration (CIFER) system
Self-registration with China (Article 9 products)