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Food and Drug Administration
Chapter
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Research Outcomes
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9
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) safeguards food, drugs, cosmetics and
medical devices safety for the public. Our mission is to promote life quality for a better
future. The comprehensive regulatory policies shall be built on the solid basis of research
on regulations, safety risk, and analysis technology to promote the harmonization of the
domestic and international regulatory system, improve the linkage between laws and audit
reinforcement, and look for the balance between
“
the maintenance of use safety
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and
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the
promotion of technology development for better life quality.
”
Section 1 Food Safety Control Research
States
The food safety management system is served as an important criterion for national and
public health, and therefore, 70 research projects have been conducted and the outcomes
are used for policy references in order to build the
“
safe
”
environment for food consumption.
Policy and Outcome
1. Product Source Management
Food chain involves serials of intricate complexity, while its various steps are closely
correlated with each other. Every single step has an impact with the others, Good start
brings promising result, Product source management is the critical initial step to promote
the effective food safety management. Important outcomes are shown as in Table 9-1.
2. Food Distribution Monitoring and Management
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92.4% to actively detect the defect rate in the market. Retrograde study data analysis
was performed to prevent future food source contamination and to implement the
comprehensive food safety system from production to consumption.
3. Enhancement of Risk Factor Evaluation for Food Safety
Food safety incidents have been frequently known in the recent years. In order to the
effectiveness towards crisis management, the TFDA emphasizes prevention with early
detection that promotes better results, particularly in high risk food factors or relevant
ones. The important outcomes are shown as in Table 9-2.
4. Improvement of Test Technology and Lab Network Function
In order to quickly and effectively to safeguard food safety, the TFDA actively develops and
builds important methods as shown in Table 9-3.