CN salmonella zero tolerance

Salmonella requirements for Chinese pet food sit in the hygiene tables of GB/T 31216-2014 (dog) and GB/T 31217-2014 (cat): Salmonella must be 'not found' in a 25 g sample, tested per GB/T 13091 (Determination of Salmonella in Feed). The general feed hygiene standard GB 13078-2017 exists as China's baseline feed hygiene standard, but its pet-food-specific Salmonella provisions are not present in project sources and could not be verified; the detailed testing protocol (enrichment media, sample plans such as n=5/c=0), laboratory accreditation conditions, and result-validity windows sometimes quoted for China are likewise unverifiable from project sources. Related microbial limits in GB/T 31216/31217 (Table 4/Table 3, 88% dry matter basis): total bacteria count <1×10⁴ CFU/g (exempting wet food with ≥60% moisture), and products with ≥60% moisture must meet commercial sterility requirements per GB 4789.26. Mycotoxin limit: aflatoxin B₁ ≤10 µg/kg (NY/T 2071 method). Recall consequences for contaminated product follow the Pet Feed Administrative Measures (MOA Announcement No. 20, 2018) Article 13 — stop production/sale, notify, report, recall, and destroy under supervision — with penalties per Regulation Article 45; China has no Class I/II/III recall grading. No verified Chinese Salmonella outbreak or recall case counts exist in project sources. Source: USDA GAIN CH2022-0063 unofficial translation; MOA Announcement No. 20 full text.