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.