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Food and Drug Administration
Chapter
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Food Management
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Food safety concerns public health and nation
’
s image. Recent years, couple food
- related incidents have placed a negative impact on our food industry. Credibility
and reputation have been suffered dramatically. In order to restore and rebuild a
healthy environment, TFDA works vigorously to establish a solid and contemporary
management mechanism for risk factors, product source and distribution and
monitoring system .TFDA stands behind the commitment to safeguard food safety for
every individual.
Section 1 Food Laws and Regulations
Status
The
“
Act Governing Food Sanitation
”
was amended on June 19, 2013. On February 5,
2014 further amended as the
“
Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation
”
to reinforce
the self-management for food businesses, establish traceability system for tracing the
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goal to build a comprehensive food safety system.
Policy and Outcome
1. Establishing and Amending Food Sanitation Management Related Laws
and Regulations
Comprehensive review of existing laws and regulations related to food safety
and sanitation, through comprehensive amendments and additions to laws and
regulations, improves food safety and sanitation system, as shown in Table 2-1.
2. Establishing and Amending the Relevant Regulations According to the Act
Research and analyze international regulations and standards trends, continue
to improve our national applicable standards, until the end of 2013 the additions
(revisions) for the following provisions:
“
Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in
Foods
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