Legal basis: Article 34 of the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) prohibits the production and marketing of the following foods, food additives and food-related products:
(1) Foods produced using non-food raw materials or using chemicals other than food additives and other substances that may endanger human health, or foods produced using recycled foods as raw materials;
(2) Pathogenic microorganisms, foods, food additives and food-related products with pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues, biotoxins, heavy metals and other substances harmful to human health exceeding food safety standards;
(3) Foods and food additives produced by using food raw materials and food additives that have exceeded the shelf life;
(4) Foods that use food additives beyond the scope and limit;
(five) the main and auxiliary foods specially designed for infants and other specific groups whose nutritional components do not meet the food safety standards;
(six) food and food additives that are spoiled, rancid, moldy, unclean, mixed with foreign substances, and adulterated with false or abnormal sensory properties;
(seven) poultry, livestock, animals, aquatic animals and their products that died of illness, poisoning or unknown causes;
(eight) meat that has not been quarantined or failed to pass the quarantine according to the regulations, or meat products that have not been inspected or failed to pass the inspection;
(nine) food and food additives contaminated by packaging materials, containers and means of transport;
(ten) food and food additives with false production date, shelf life or beyond the shelf life;
(eleven) unlabeled prepackaged foods and food additives;
(12) Foods whose production and marketing are explicitly prohibited by the state for special needs such as disease prevention;
(thirteen) other foods, food additives and food-related products that do not meet the laws, regulations or food safety standards.