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2017 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration Annual Report Chapter 2. Legal Environment and Registration

Table 2-2c2016 Food labeling based on descriptions of letters

Date Title Key amendments
“Barley” product external packaging not only shall not label product name
The regulations on the as “foreign barley”, “small barley” or “pearl barley”, but should list actual
product names and ingredients such as “barley (foreign barley)”, “barley (small barley)” or
labeling of “barley”
food. “barley (pearl barley)”, and the contents shall be labeled as “barley”
May truthfully.
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As of “corn flour” products, the used contents shall be labeled truthfully
The regulations on the (e.g. “tapioca flour” or “potato flour”). In addition, for “corn flour” as one
product names and
labeling of “corn flour” of the food ingredients, the contents shall be labeled as “tapioca flour” or
“potato flour” truthfully.
For product named by specific fish, the contents shall in fact contain
The regulations on
July the product named by claimed specific fish. If contents contain specific fish flavor by spices or
14 seasoning rather than claimed specific fish, a significant note of “flavor/
specific fish
taste” must be labeled after or near the product name.

2. Registration and management of specific food products

Figure 2-1 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 2016. Figure 2-2
shows the number of registration applications received, reviewed and approved for food
additives in 2016. For detailed statistics and data of health food and genetically modified
food permits, please refer to Table 1 in Annex II.

Formula for certain diseases modified (GM) food 118
180
144
Genetically
Infant and
6,590
follow-up formula
Food additive
ready-to-eat
soybean food
Domestic vitamin
1,875 Vacuum-packed 157
capsule form
products in tablet or
Imported food in tablet Health food
or capsule form
339
As of the end of 2016,
7,367 number of approved permits issued
for specific food products
that must undergo registration

As of the end of 2016, number of approved permits issued for specific food
Figure 2-1 21
products that must undergo registration