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2. On-Site Inspection of Registered Foods
In 2013, a total of 140 on-site inspections were performed in factories and vendors
with no major violation; inspection results are as shown in Table 2-5.
3. Post-Market Surveillance of Food Products
(1) Planning for food inspection mechanism and surveillance system, supervising the
implementation of inspection and sampling test of marketed foods by local health
authorities, to ensure food safety and quality.
(2) Under the collaboration program, TFDA and local Health Bureaus had conducted
inspections which covered various categories from food labeling, food sampling test,
high risk food manufacturer, daylily farmers and wholesaler, campus and hotel food's
inspection and special projects of starch, soy sauce and food oil on food safety
incidences.
(3) Collaborating with local Health Bureaus to perform post-market food surveillance plan,
through strengthening checks on food in order to meet health standards. A total of
4,051 cases were surveyed in 2013, results are shown in Table 2-6.
4. Continue the Expansion of the Function of “PMDS, Product Management
Distribution System”
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management, PMDS express query system and related digital handheld processor
query system will be continually expanded and integrated with the current information
system to establish prompt and friendly PMDS inquiry service environment.
(2) Providing the capability of the first line inspectors to access quickly the current
Table 2-5 On-site inspection of registered foods
Category
Number of
checks
Check results
Health food
manufacturing plants
20
No major non-compliance has occurred, defects
in Good Manufacturing Practice operational
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during a second review.
Domestic vitamins in
tablet and capsules form
manufacturing plants
40
No major non-compliance has occurred, defects in
GHP were corrected during a second review.
Food additives
manufacturing and
vendors
80
No major non-compliance has occurred, defects in
GHP were corrected during a second review.