CN recall system 2023

China's pet food recall obligation is set by the Pet Feed Administrative Measures (MOA Announcement No. 20, 2018, 办法第十三条) on top of Regulation Article 28 (State Council Decree No. 609) — Chinese law defines no Class I/II/III recall grading and no fixed-hour recall deadlines, and no GB/T 31650-based recall system exists in project sources. Requirements: a producer that finds its product may harm pet health or has other safety risks must immediately stop production, notify sellers and users, report to the feed administrative authority, proactively recall the product, and record the recall and notifications; recalled products must be harmlessly treated or destroyed under the authority's supervision. Sellers in the same situation must immediately stop sales, notify the producer, supplier and users, report to the authority, and keep records. Penalty for a producer that fails to recall (办法第二十五条 → Regulation Article 45): the county-level-or-above feed authority orders the recall and supervises harmless treatment/destruction; in serious cases illegal gains are confiscated with a fine of 1–3× the value of the products to be recalled, and licenses may be revoked; if the producer refuses destruction, the authority destroys the products at the producer's cost. Sellers that refuse to stop sales are ordered to stop, with fines for non-compliance. Market surveillance feeding recalls: MOA and provincial feed authorities conduct regular or ad-hoc product sampling and publish results, including lists of non-compliant producers, sellers and third-party platforms (办法第十六条). No verified national recall statistics or outbreak case counts exist in project sources.