On September 16, 2025, the General Administration of Customs released information on food not permitted for entry in August 2025. A total of 617 batches of food were returned or destroyed due to non-compliance with China's national food safety standards or relevant regulations. To help importers avoid risks and improve compliance levels, GlobalFoodmate conducted a systematic analysis of this information and summarized the following three key risk dimensions for reference.

On September 23, 2025, Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration released a list of non-compliant food products detected during border inspections, which included a batch of collagen drinks from Germany found to have preservative levels exceeding regulatory standards.

On September 23, 2025, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) published application A1340, proposing to approve the use of 2'-Fucosyllactose (2'-FL) produced using a genetically modified E. coli BL21 (DE3) strain as a nutritional ingredient in infant formula products. The proprietary production technology is exclusively held by Yixi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. from Jiangsu, China.