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2015 Annual Report

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Medicinal

Products

Management

Controlled

Drugs

Management

Medical

Devices

Management

Risk Assessment

Management and

Research Outcomes

Cosmetics

Management

Appendix

National

Laboratory and

Testing Network

Risk Communication

and Consumer

Protection

International

Cooperation and

Cross-Strait Exchange

Policy and

Organization

Food

Management

Category

Number of

inspections

Findings

Health food manufacturing plants

26

No major non-compliance was found. Defects were

corrected before follow-up audits

Domestic vitamin products in tablet or

capsule form manufacturing plants

40

No major non-compliance was found. Defects were

corrected before follow-up audits

Food additives manufacturers and vendors

73

No major non-compliance was found. Defects were

corrected before follow-up audits

Table 2-4

Results of on-site inspection of registered foods in 2014

(5) Inspection of Overseas Factories

To effectively achieve food management through source contral, the results of risk evaluation were

referenced to carry out on-site inspection. A total of 4 countries and their products were inspected

in 2014, including US for beef, Canada for pork, New Zealand for beef and mutton, and China for

Eriochier sinensis. According to the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 35 of the

Act Governing

Food Safety and Sanitation

, TFDA may perform systematic inspections on the food or related

products with higher degree of risk.

Sources from Spain and France have been completed systematic inspections and the list of those

meat products which processed by the establishments way approved by TFDA for export to

Taiwan in 2014.

Section 3 Food Product Safety Chain Monitoring

Current status

To ensure that food products meet

Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation

, TFDA has established

a convenient inspection date system that provides correct and up-to-date information, allowing for

extensive integration of information from central and local governments to achieve effective on-site

inspection of registered food products as well as post-market surveillance of food products to jointly

safeguard food supply chain for the general public.

Policies and Outcomes

1. On-site Inspection of Registered Foods

In 2014, on-site inspections were completed for manufacturers and vendors of health foods,

domestic vitamin products in tablet or capsule forms, and food additives. Inspection results are

shown in Table 2-4.