Page 119 - Taiwan Food and Drug Administration 2016 Annual Report

2016 ANNUAL
REPORT

Date Event summary
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October 19 Organized the 4 Cross-Strait Exchange Conference for Medical Product Testing Techniques.
October 21 Organized the 2015 APEC Conference on Medical Device Regulations. Part III - Major Events
Revision of the Import Regulation of F01 and F02 in Import Commodity Classi?cation of Republic of China by 32
October 26
customs commodity codes. Including Casings of swine and so forth.
Organized the press conference for Corporate Involvement for Anti-tobacco, Anti-betel nut, and Anti-
October 29
drug abuse.
Organized the Food Safety Painters Creating Health New Lifestyles creative poster competition and
October 31
award ceremony.
Formulated the Exemption criteria and applicable customs codes from import inspections for food
imports and other related commodities.

Formulated the List of 511 food commodities at customs inspection that may be released by customs
November 5 inspection and the applicable customs code.

Terminated the Exemption criteria and applicable customs codes from import inspections for food
imports and other related commodities and Regulations for 511 food items imported for self-use,
commercial samples, and items for research, development, and testing purposes.

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Organized the 5 Cross-Strait Conference for Collaborative Medical and Medicinal Product Research
and Development which discussed the No. 44 public announcement of August 18, 2015 from the State
November 23
Council of the People's Republic of China regarding the reforms to the review and approval system for
medicinal products and medical devices.
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Held the 3 Joint Conference of Taiwan and Japan on Medical Products Regulation that covered
November 25 substantial issues on collaboration to promote bilateral exchange and legal harmonization on 3 major
themes of medicinal product regulations, health insurance, and medical devices.
Organized the Food Safety Wardens - Support from the Ideal Retailer and Supermarket press conference
November 27 and assembled the Food Safety Warden Consultation Team to strengthen independent management
amongst relevant businesses.
Organized the Medicines Cannot Prevent Colds - National Medicinal Use Survey Amongst Schoolchildren
December 3
press conference.

Initiated the 1919 National Food Safety Helpline. The helpline integrated existing helplines and services
such as food product whistle-blowing, food product inquiry, consumer issues, small and medium-sized
enterprises (SME) inquiry, and fresh farm produce inquiry provided by TFDA, Consumer Protection
December 4
Committee, Council of Agriculture, and Ministry of Economic Affairs for the purposes of providing a
single-counter service helpline, promoting public convenience, and establishing channels capable of
promptly receiving whistle-blowing reports, appeals, and petitions.
December 16 Revised the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation and added Article 15-1 and amended Articles 41 and 48.

Organized the Commendation and Result Publication Meeting for Medicinal Product GDP Consultation
December 22 Visits with the main theme of Safe Drugs for Good Fortune. 29 businesses were commended for
excellence.

Formulated the Manufacturers of ?our, starch, table salt, sugar, and soy sauce with a capital sum above
December 25
NT$ 30 million must be ?rst veri?ed by the sanitation and safety management system.
Promulgated Article 35 Paragraph 4 of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation with the following
provision: When food businesses import food additive combinations, they shall attach product
December 28 ingredients report issued by the manufacturer or responsible manufacturer of the origin country and
of?cial sanitary certi?cate issued by the export country for the examination of the competent authority at
all levels.

API manufacturers for modern pharmaceutical products holding pharmaceutical product licenses for
December 31 their respective APIs must achieve complete compliance to GMP before December 31, 2015. Production
and imports must be suspended starting on January 1, 2016 for APIs that fail in inspections. 117