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Food and Drug Administration

Central FDA : 8

Local labs: 10

Private labs:

67

Central FDA : 1

Local labs: 7

Private labs:

35

Central FDA : 1

Local labs: 5

Private labs:

17

North region

Central region

Southern region

85 labs

23 labs

151

labs

43 labs

Fig. 8-2 Numbers and distribution status of TFDA accredited laboratories

Section 2 Laboratory Accreditation and Management

Status

TFDA has been actively organizing free of charge accreditation for private laboratories in

order to (1) effectively utilize testing resources of private laboratories, (2) ensure the quality

and credibility of the commissioned tests, and (3) expand the testing forces. Currently

TFDA accreditation scope includes (1) food, (2) drug and cosmetics, (3) drug abuse urine

testing and (4) non-clinical GLP testing, and provides laboratories with testing capacities

and credibility. Besides, those laboratories can meet emergency testing demands.

Accreditation status is as shown in Fig. 8-2, the number of accredited items is 1,192.