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2017 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration Annual Report

(2) Review meeting
The 2016 review meetings of risk management and crisis management taskforce
group were held on January 10, 2017 to review risk items listed by various
departments and agencies. And major public incidents, legislator inquiries, and past
items mentioned in the given year are referenced to determine the major risk items
for 2017.

2. The development of emergency responsiveness

(1) Response to emergency incidents
To respond to “Public Hearing of Importing Japanese Food”, TFDA initiates three 07
levels of emergency responses on November 11, 2016, and establishes an emergency
response center composed of the following taskforces: “Information Communication
Group”, “Business Handling Group”, “Administration Support Group”, “Laboratory
Technology Group”, “Caring and Assistance Group”, “Staff Operation Group” as
well as “IT Support Group” for discussion. And the completion of After Action International Cooperation
Report(AAR) is released for staffs to learn about the handling of similar incidents.
and Cross-strait Exchanges

(2) Practices of responsiveness
On August 19, 2016, TFDA invited other departments concerned of TFDA to
participate in exercise of pesticide residues in tea leaf-based beverages. The
background was set as an incident of a popular top-seller handmade tea-leaf-
based beverage. Through validating all SOPs and strengthening the roles and
responsibilities of all units corresponding to such incident, the emergency handling Section 1. International Cooperation and Communication
and responsiveness of all TFDA units will be improved. In the meantime, seed staffs

are also trained to respond to all emergencies to avoid the recurrence of similar Section 2. Cross-strait Communication
incidents.

(3) Revising documents related to crisis management
TFDA completed the revision of “Management Manual for the Handling of Food-
related Incidents by Central Government Agencies” in the first half of 2016 as the
reference for Food Emergency Response Center; in the second half of 2016, TFDA
implemented document verification and rolling revisions on 8 “Emergency Response
Manuals” and relevant documents to correspond to the exercise for “Emergency

Response to Food Incidents” and taskforce meeting resolutions.

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