Importing Food into Zhongshan: Why US Founders Need a Local Lawyer
Importing Food into Zhongshan: The Real Talk for US Founders Let’s start with a scenario. It’s Tuesday morning in Shenzhen. A shipping container sits at Huangpu Port, full of organic almond butter from California. The founder — let’s call him Mike — is on a WeChat call with his freight forwarder, sweating because the Chinese label on the jars doesn’t match the new GB 7718-2025 standard that kicked in January. The customs broker says the goods might be held for “label rectification.” That means warehousing fees, re-labeling costs, and a launch window that just evaporated. ...