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2016 ANNUAL
REPORT

Part II - Key Administrative Results

Chapter 1. Food Management

To maintain public confidence in food safety, TFDA continued to compile and reference
international standards and revise laws related to food provision. TFDA also actively promoted
food business registration management, food traceability system, and Three-Tiers quality control Part II - Key Administrative Results Food Management
policy for food products in order to effectively improve self-management capacities of food
businesses, establish third-party veri?cation systems, and signi?cantly expand auditing capacities
and capabilities of central and local authorities. Proper enforcement and implementation of the
Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation shall build public con?dence in food safety.

Section 1. Food Laws and Regulations and Product Review

Current status

In order to strengthen food safety and management, TFDA actively pushed for the
promulgation and revision of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation as well as secondary
laws related to the Act. To further safeguard public and consumer safety and health, TFDA
established product verification and registration control systems at the front end of food
production for food items targeted at speci?c consumer populations or where the special effects of
the food item must be veri?ed.

Policies and Outcomes
1. Revisions to the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation
Recent key revisions to the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation include establishment
of a Food Safety Board whose members span multiple departments, strengthening of food
business management, and raising the penalties for violators. To strengthen food safety
management and performance, safeguard the health of fellow citizens, and defend the rights
and interests of consumers, a number of articles to the Act were revised on February 4 and
December 16, 2015. Table 2-1-1 lists the revisions.

2. Addenda and Revision to Food Safety and Sanitation Regulations
Key regulations promulgated and revised in 2015 include [Regulations Governing the
Registration of Food Businesses], [Food Businesses that Belong to a Category and Scale
Desingnated by the Central Competent Authority in a Public Announcement Shall be Equipped
with Laboratories], [Regulations for the Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Food], [Guiding
Regulations for the Labeling of Genetically Modi?ed Food], and Standards for Speci?cation,
Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives. For details, refer to Table 1 in Annex I.

3. Registration of Specific Food Products
Table 2-1-2 shows the number of approved permits issued for each of the eight categories of
food items that must undergo registration as of the end of 2015. In 2015, 1,980 registration
applications were received for food additives, of which 1,797 items were reviewed while 1,530
items were approved (85.14%). For health foods, 33 permits were approved and released,
of which 26 permits were issued via the case-by-case review process, while 7 permits were
issued via the standard speci?cation review process. Approval permits were also issued for 47
genetically modi?ed (GM) food items. Refer to Table 2 in Annex I for details on permit statistics
and data.
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