1. foods
The term “foods” shall mean goods provided to people for eating, drinking, or chewing, and the raw materials of such goods.

2. special dietary foods
The term “special dietary foods” shall mean infant and follow-up formula, formula for certain disease or other formula approved by the central competent authority to be consumed by people with special nutrient requirement.

3. food additives
The term "food additives" shall mean a single substance or combination of substances that are added to or brought into contact with foods for the purpose of coloring, seasoning, preserving, bleaching, emulsifying, flavoring, stabilizing quality, enhancing fermentation, increasing viscosity, enriching nutritional value, preventing oxidation or other necessary purpose. Contents of the food additive combinations shall be limited to food additives approved by the central competent authority. The single food additive shall be granted an approval number by the central competent authority.

4. food utensils
The term "food utensils" shall mean instruments, tools, or containers that come into direct contact with foods or food additives.

5. food containers or packaging
The terms "food containers or packaging" shall mean containers and packaging materials that come into direct contact with foods and food additives.

6. food cleansers
The term "food cleansers" shall mean substances used to disinfect or clean foods, food utensils, food containers and food packaging.

7. food businesses
The term "food businesses" shall mean those businesses that engage in the manufacture, processing, preparation, packaging, transportation, storage, sale, import or export of foods, or engage in the manufacture, processing, import, export or sale of food utensils, food containers or packaging, or food cleansers.

8. labels
The term "labels" shall mean wording, pictures, symbols or additional instruction sheet affixed to foods, food additives, food cleansers, food utensils, food containers or food packaging to indicate the product name or to give explanation.

9. nutrition label
The term “nutrition label” shall mean the nutrients, contents or nutrient claims of the food affixed to food containers or packaging.

10. inspection
The term “inspection” shall mean examination and testing.

11. genetic modification
The term “genetic modification” shall mean the transferring of genetic materials or implant of live cells or organisms via genetic engineering, molecular biotechnology, or other related technologies to produce genetic recombination, exogenous genetic characteristics, or to suppress certain genes of the recipient. However, this does not include traditional breeding methods or techniques such as the merging, hybridization, mutation, in-vitro fertilization, somaclonal variation, and chromosome doubling of plants of the same species and protoplasts.