China's pet-feed framework is dog/cat-axis
China's national pet-feed regulatory framework (MOA Announcement No. 20, 2018 — *宠物饲料标签规定* / Pet Feed Labeling Rules) structures pet feed around a dog/cat species axis. The text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source.
> 适用动物种类可以具体至犬、猫品种或者体型 > 如不标示则默认为适用于所有品种和体型 > 并标示适用动物种类和生命阶段 > 宠物配合饲料幼年期犬粮
Source: pdf-raw/asia-2026/cn_petfeed_admin_notice_20.txt (first-hand official Chinese administrative announcement, tag-stripped).
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
适用动物种类可以具体至犬、猫品种或者体型如不标示则默认为适用于所有品种和体型并标示适用动物种类和生命阶段宠物配合饲料幼年期犬粮
Analysis (not a C1 claim — derived from the verbatim above)
The labeling rules require every pet feed to declare 适用动物种类 (applicable animal species), and the worked examples in the same announcement specify that species axis only as 犬、猫 (dog / cat) — e.g. label forms such as *宠物配合饲料幼年期犬粮* (pet compound feed, puppy-stage dog food). Because the national pet-feed standard system addresses only the dog/cat species axis, exotic companion species (rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles, parrots, ornamental fish, etc.) fall outside any dedicated Chinese national pet-feed / feeding standard. Their nutrition is governed ad hoc (keeper practice, species-specific veterinary guidance, imported products) rather than by a Chinese GB/exotic-pet-feed standard. This is the documentary basis for the "异宠食品/法规体系与犬猫独立" gap noted across the EXOTIC-A/B batches. (Wildlife possession/breeding is separately governed by the 野生动物保护法 and CITES, which address *keeping/trade*, not *feeding standards*.)