Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued the Announcement on Simplifying Consular Authentication Materials for Registration and Filing of Imported Health Foods (hereinafter referred to as the “Announcement”).
It’s stated in the Announcement that the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) has come into effect in China, and that regarding the registration and filing of imported health foods, the qualification certification documents of overseas manufacturers, documents proving market availability, documents demonstrating the quality management system of production enterprises, and power of attorney (agreements), etc., the following requirements shall be followed: The aforementioned documents issued by contracting states of the Convention only need to obtain an additional certification from that country, without the need for consular authentication from the embassy or consulate of that country and China, unless otherwise indicated in the annotations of the list of contracting states of the Convention published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.
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