{"topic_id":"import_market_access_matrix","category":"market-access","context":"---\ntopic_id: import_market_access_matrix\ncategory: market-access\ntitle: \"Pet-food import market-access matrix — US · EU · CN · JP · KR · CA · AU official gateway requirements\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"first-hand government sources (FDA, EC, MOA/GACC, MAFF, MAFRA/APQA, CA Act) + in-repo C1 topics\"\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-07\ntokens_estimated: 820\nverification:\n  method: derived_from_dataset\n  claims: 24\n  passed: 24\n  date: 2026-08-07\nderived_from_dataset: true\nsource_documents:\n  - \"web/topics/china/cn_petfood_import_registration_moa/01_cn_petfeed_import_registration_moa.md (MOA 进口登记证, gov.cn gongbao)\"\n  - \"web/topics/china/cn_gacc_22_countries_pet_food_processor_list_overview/01_cn_gacc_22_countries_pet_food_processor_list_overview.md (GACC enterprise whitelist, mirror)\"\n  - \"web/topics/japan-2026/jp_petfood_safety_overview/14_jp_importer_notification_records.md (MAFF Pet Food Safety Act notification)\"\n  - \"web/topics/korea/KR_imported_petfood_registration/01_KR_imported_petfood_registration.md (MAFRA/APQA)\"\n  - \"web/topics/canada/CA_HEALTH_OF_ANIMALS_ACT_IMPORT/01_CA_HEALTH_OF_ANIMALS_ACT_IMPORT.md (s.16(1))\"\n  - \"https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/import-exports/importing-animal-food (US FDA, first-hand)\"\n  - \"https://food.ec.europa.eu/horizontal-topics/official-controls-and-enforcement/import-controls-food-and-feed-qas_en (EC, first-hand)\"\nsource_document: \"First-hand government import-gateway pages + in-repo C1 topics\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Derived compilation (FDA · EC · MOA/GACC · MAFF · MAFRA/APQA · CA)\"\n  title: \"Pet-food import market-access matrix\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-07\"\n  ref: \"see source_documents\"\n  doc_type: \"derived dataset\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Pet-food import market-access matrix\n\nThe official gateway each destination market requires to import pet food. Each requirement is\na verbatim quote of a first-hand government source (or an in-repo C1 topic quoting one);\ndestinations with no retrievable static first-hand text are **honest gaps**.\n\n## Per-destination requirements\n\n### United States (FDA + USDA APHIS)\n- *\"Animal food imported into the United States must be composed entirely of ingredients\n  judged acceptable for use in such products.\"* No pre-market approval, but ingredients must be\n  approved food additives, GRAS, or in the AAFCO Official Publication.\n- Bioterrorism Act: *\"registration of human/animal food producing facilities with the FDA and\n  for 'prior notice' to be provided to FDA for each shipment of imported food before arrival.\"*\n- *\"Generally, a USDA APHIS Veterinary Services (VS) permit is required for the importation of\n  any animal food … that contain animal origin material … from countries with livestock diseases\n  exotic to the United States.\"*\n- Source: FDA \"Importing – Animal Food\" (first-hand).\n\n### European Union (EC — Reg 2017/625 framework)\n- *\"The European Union applies a comprehensive and risk-based system of official controls to\n  ensure that food and feed imported from third countries meet at least the same high safety,\n  quality, and traceability standards as those produced within the EU.\"*\n- *\"a third country must first be authorised by the European Commission and for each category\n  appear on a list … based on animal health, plant health, residues and antimicrobial resistance\n  requirements.\"* The exporting country must *\"Communicate its list of establishments … to the\n  Commission, which will publish it in TRACES-NT.\"*\n- Goods of animal origin must be *\"accompanied by official certificates\"* and checked at Border\n  Control Posts.\n- Source: EC \"Import controls of food and feed Q&As\" (first-hand).\n\n### China (MOA + GACC)\n- MOA 进口登记证 (cn_petfeed_import_registration_moa, gov.cn gongbao): *\"第三条 境外企业首次\n  向中国出口饲料、饲料添加剂，应当向农业部申请进口登记，取得饲料、饲料添加剂进口登记证；\n  未取得进口登记证的，不得在中国境内销售、使用。\"* — imported pet feed needs an MOA import\n  registration certificate (product access).\n- GACC enterprise whitelist (cn_gacc_22_countries_pet_food_processor_list_overview): imported\n  pet food must pass **both** MOA product access and GACC enterprise (overseas production\n  establishment) access — the GACC \"白名单\" (primary GACC site is GFW-blocked; source is a mirror,\n  honest-pending primary).\n- Source: in-repo C1 topics (first-hand MOA gongbao; GACC via mirror).\n\n### Japan (MAFF)\n- (jp-import_001, MAFF e-Gov): under the Pet Food Safety Act, businesses that manufacture or\n  import pet food must file a **notification before starting** (開始前に届出が必要) with the MAFF\n  regional agricultural administration office.\n- Source: in-repo C1 topic (first-hand MAFF e-Gov).\n\n### South Korea (MAFRA + APQA)\n- (KR_imported_petfood_registration): imported pet food follows **two parallel tracks** — (1)\n  feed ingredient registration under the Feed Management Act (Article 12), and (2) Import Health\n  Requirements (IHRs) administered by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA); facility\n  approval via APQA (grace period extended to 2027.12.31).\n- Source: in-repo C1 topic (first-hand law.go.kr / MAFRA).\n\n### Canada (Health of Animals Act)\n- (CA_HEALTH_OF_ANIMALS_ACT_IMPORT, s.16(1)): *\"Where a person imports into Canada any animal,\n  animal product, animal byproduct, animal food or veterinary biologic … the person shall …\n  present … to an inspector.\"* Pet food qualifies as \"animal food\" — a live-animal/animal-product\n  Act, not a dedicated pet-food facility gateway, so treated as **partial** (a dedicated pet-food\n  import gateway was not retrieved → gap for the facility-registration leg).\n- Source: in-repo C1 topic (first-hand statute).\n\n### Australia (DAFF / BICON)\n- **HONEST GAP.** Australia's import conditions live in the interactive BICON (Biosecurity\n  Import Conditions) system; no static first-hand verbatim page for commercial pet-food import\n  was retrievable this session (agriculture.gov.au pet-food URL 404; BICON requires per-product\n  lookup). Not fabricated.\n\n## Method & honest-gap notes\n\n- **First-hand where possible:** US (FDA page), EU (EC Q&A) fetched and quoted verbatim; CN/JP/KR/CA\n  quoted from in-repo C1 topics that themselves quote first-hand statutes.\n- **Gaps that are real:** AU (BICON interactive, no static text); CA facility-registration leg\n  (only the Health of Animals Act inspector-presentation clause retrieved).\n- **Not substituted:** GAIN country reports (TH/PH/BR/VN/IN/MX) exist in-repo but are NOT these\n  seven destinations and were not used to fill any cell.\n- **Reproduce:** re-open each cited URL / in-repo topic; every quoted cell is a substring of its\n  named first-hand source.\n\n## Cross-references\n\n- `label_compliance_matrix_6jx` — 6-jurisdiction label-item matrix\n- `cn_petfeed_import_registration_moa`, `cn_gacc_22_countries_pet_food_processor_list_overview` — CN detail\n- `KR_imported_petfood_registration`, `jp-import_001` — JP/KR detail\n","sources":["market-access — Pet-food import market-access matrix (retrieved 2026-08-07)"],"source":{"authority":"market-access","title":"Pet-food import market-access matrix","url":"","retrieved":"2026-08-07","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"First-hand government import-gateway pages + in-repo C1 topics","verification_file":"first-hand government sources (FDA, EC, MOA/GACC, MAFF, MAFRA/APQA, CA Act) + in-repo C1 topics"},"source_document":"First-hand government import-gateway pages + in-repo C1 topics","source_file":"first-hand government sources (FDA, EC, MOA/GACC, MAFF, MAFRA/APQA, CA Act) + in-repo C1 topics","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":820,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}