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DHS adds BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and Shenzhen BGI Technology to forced-labor import list

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An October 29 Homeland Security notice adds three biotechnology companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. Goods produced wholly or partly by listed entities face a rebuttable presumption that they were made with forced labor and are prohibited from U.S. entry. The notice states agency determinations, not criminal convictions.

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The Department of Homeland Security has added BGI Genomics Co., Ltd., MGI Tech Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen BGI Technology Co., Ltd. to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. The updated list is dated October 29, 2026.

What the listing does

The law requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to apply a rebuttable presumption that goods produced wholly or partly by listed entities are made with forced labor and prohibited from entering the United States. A rebuttable presumption can be challenged; the listing is not a criminal conviction.

DHS says the updated register contains 190 entities. It also cautions that the list is not an exhaustive register of entities engaged in the practices covered by the law.

The agency's stated grounds

All three companies are added under the category covering entities working with Xinjiang's government to recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or members of persecuted groups out of Xinjiang.

The notice says the government has reasonable cause to believe, based on specific and articulable information, that BGI Genomics and Shenzhen BGI Technology conduct genetic testing alongside the Xinjiang government as part of its initiatives. It describes MGI as providing genetic-testing capacity. DHS says that testing facilitates activities covered by this listing category.

BGI Genomics and Shenzhen BGI Technology are also added under a separate category concerning material sourced from Xinjiang or specified government-linked sources for labor schemes that use forced labor. These are the task force's determinations. The notice is not a record of a criminal trial, and the underlying evidence files are not reproduced here.

A route to seek removal

A listed entity may submit supporting information showing that it does not meet, or no longer meets, the applicable criteria. The task force's member agencies decide removal requests by majority vote.

An entity can request a meeting after filing its written request. The notice says the task force may accept that request following review and before its vote. A removal decision is not appealable within the stated process, but new requests accompanied by new information will be considered.

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