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Source and Manufacturing

03 Management

Regardless of food, medicinal products, medical devices or cosmetics, the supply
management and product manufacturing of raw materials have been classified as
priority work. In terms of food, TFDA actively encourages food businesses registration,
establishes food factory risk control and reinforces businesses self-management. As to
medicinal products and cosmetics, TFDA supervises manufacturer’s quality management
system to ensure the quality and performance of product manufacturing. Moreover,
by complying with international law harmonization, TFDA enhances international
competitiveness of manufacturer’s products.

Section 1. Food Source Management

Current Status
To strengthen food source management, TFDA encourages food business registration
system, food traceability and border import inspection and management. Through

expanding the scope of regulations for supply source and product directions in business
record, TFDA grants businesses the responsibilities of self-management to establish
complete records and associated management information.

Policies and Outcomes

1. Encourage food businesses registration system

The food business registration system has been promoted since 2014. At the end of
2016, the system effectively monitored the status of over 420,000 food businesses which
included about 200,000 retail venues, 160,000 food services, 36,000 food production and
processing businesses and their factories/plants, 10,000 food importers, over 900 food
utensils, containers and packaging manufactureres, over 300 food additive businesses,

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