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Taiwan Food and Drug Adminstration

Section 2. Organization Framework

1. TFDA comprises seven functional units for the planning and management of food,
drugs, and cosmetic products and relevant laws, namely: Division of Food Safety,
Division of Medicinal Products, Division of Medical Devices & Cosmetics, Division
of Controlled Drugs as well as the Division of Planning & Research Development
responsible for overall planning of the entire organization. TFDA also has a Division
of Risk Management, Division of Research & Analysis as well as Northern, Southern,
and Central centers for managing product quality assurance, factory management,
distribution, and auditing. An additional five administrative offices were also
established to support TFDA's administration and management, namely: the Of?ce of
the Secretariat, Of?ce of Personnel, Of?ce of Service Ethics, Of?ce of Accounting, and
Of?ce of Information Management (Figure 1-2-1).

Director-General

Deputy Director-General

Chief Secretary

Regional
Business unit Administrative offices Task Forces Partners
Management Centers

Planning and Technology Northern Management Administration Factory for Center for Drug
Administration Division Center Services Office Controlled Drugs Evaluation

Division of Food Safety Central Management Office of Personnel Food and Drugs Taiwan Drug
Center Intelligence Center Relief Foundation
Division of Medicinal Office of Service Ethics
Products Southern Management
Center
Division of Medical Office of Accounting
Devices and Cosmetics
Office of Information
Division of Controlled Drugs Management

Division of Research
and Testing

Division of Risk Management

Figure 1-2-1 Organizational structure of the Food and Drugs Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare (TFDA)

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