Enforcement Rules of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation Article 25
The term “country of origin” referred to in Subparagraph 5 of Article 26 and Subparagraph 5 of Article 27 of this Act shall mean the country or region where the final products are manufactured,processed or prepared.The labeling of the country of origin referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:1.The country of origin of imported goods shall be determined in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Determination of Country of Origin of Imported Goods. If the products undergo classification, grading, sub-packaging, packaging,marking, or relabeling in our country, such operations shall not be determined as substantial transformation, and the country or region where the final products are actually manufactured,processed or prepared shall still be indicated.2.Where the address of the manufacturer in Chinese can obviously represent the country of origin, the labeling may be exempted.