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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
Food
Management
Medicinal
Products
Management
Policy and
Organization
Controlled
Drugs
Management
Medical
Devices
Management
b. A total of 24 programs were included in the 2014 post-market surveillance plan, including 12 food
products, 3 medicinal products, 4 medical devices, and 2 cosmetics. Nonconforming rates of food
products were 7.8%, while medical devices, cosmetics, and medicinal products had a combined
nonforming rate of 3.4% in 2014. Nonconforming products face administrative penalties and other
relevant measures as enforced by the competent health authority. TFDA also offers consultation to
support manufacturer improvements and safeguard consumer safety.
Section 3. Research Outcomes
Current Status
In 2014, TFDA carried out a total of seven technological key projects: the
Food Safety Control
Research
, the
Medicinal Product Safety and Quality Improvement Project,
the
Quality and Safety Risk
Management System that Integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutical Products,
Prospective Topics on Genetically Modified Foods and Enhancing Risk Analysis Capabilities,
the
Project
for the Integration and Improvement of Food-borne Disease and Pathogen Monitoring and Protection
Network,
the
Integrated Project for Addictive Substances - A Study on the Management of Controlled
Drugs and Prevention of Drug Abuse,
and the
Study on Regulatory Management of Sciences for
Nanotechnology Biomedical Products.
The purpose of this technological research, to provide a scientific
basis for food and drugs management policies, was use to help TFDA update the latest trends in
research developments.
Policies and Outcomes
Results of the seven technological key research projects were as follows:
1. Food Safety Control Technology Project
(1) To continuously improve upon the inadequacies of current management systems, and to
strengthen relevant management policies and standards, a total of six management specifications
and 32 management references or internal management recommendations have been formulated,
which include standard specification review systems of health food, recommendation for health
food review mechanism and related regulations, and management specifications for the labels of
marketed food products to achieve source management.
(2) In response to food safety issues during 2014, TFDA developed the world's first testing and
identification methods for tainted animal contents in oils and fats as well as dimethyl yellow and
diethyl yellow in food. DNA barcode identification and inspection technology for commercial fish
were developed as well, such as the specific molecular biology testing method for Dory Fish (
Zeus
faber
).
(3) A total of 4,314 samples have been tested for medication employed for animal rearing and
aquacultural species, residual pesticides in retail and packaged farm products, heavy metal contents,
mycotoxin hazards in food, and special nutrient products to achieve early detection of food products
manufacturers' noncompliance with current food labeling specifications. Administrative investigations,
improvements, or recalls must also be implemented to improve the sanitation and safety of food
products in the market.