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2016 ANNUAL
REPORT

5. Enhancing and Building a Strong Foundation for Food Safety Management
To encourage local governments to take a proactive stance in punishing illegal activities
and solve food safety problems, the Executive Yuan appointed the Ministry of Health and
Welfare (MOHW) to work with the Council of Agriculture (COA), MOEA, EPA, and Ministry of
Education (MOE) and formulate relevant plans. To reward local governments with outstanding
performance in identifying and handling of food safety issues, stipulated the 2015 Pilot Project Part II - Key Administrative Results Food Management
for Rewarding Local Governments in Strengthening Food Safety Management Plans.

Evaluations were carried out along the two major themes of building strong foundations for
food safety management and strengthening processes for selecting benchmarks for excellent
performance in food safety. Project rewards and various assessment indicators were used
to provide guidelines and encourage local governments in strengthening and enforcing total
management of the sources, production process, preservation, and sales of food products
or their raw materials. The rewards provided can help compensate the lack of resources for
implementing food safety management, allowing agencies to effectively apprehend businesses
engaging in illegal activities and safeguard food safety for the general public.

6. Diverse Measures for Implementing Food Sanitation and Safety Policies
(1) TFDA has continued to integrate resources from central and local health bureaus to strengthen
measures for advocating food safety laws. 43 interpretation meetings attended by 3,765
individuals were held for food safety and sanitation laws in northern, central, and southern
Taiwan. These meetings were used to convey correct understanding of current laws, provide
consultation visits, and improve professional knowledge of food businesses for carrying out
self-management.

(2) Activities held in 2015 include promotional activities for business registration and food labeling,
orientations for Food Safety Wardens promotion towards food distributors and for food
utensils and container manufacturers, and promotional courses for food businesses (including
food production and processing, food services, food utensils, containers and packaging
manufacturers, importers, food additives manufacturers, and retailors). These activities were
attended by 1,650 individuals.

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