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2017 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration Annual Report Chapter 3. Source and Manufacturing Management

(2) Border inspection
Food imports and related products must undergo and pass boarder inspections at
harbors, ports and customs before the importation may proceed. Refer to Table 3 in

Annex II for detailed inspection statistics. Figure 3-3 shows the distribution of import
applications in 2016. The Port of Keelung received the largest number of applications
(accounting for 54.49% of the total) in 2016. Approximately 675,000 batches of food
import inspections were carried out, a figure that grew by 5.47% compared to 2015.
Among these, about 52,000 batches (7.81% of the total) underwent random sampling
and testing, and 1.74% were found to have failed to conform to the regulations.
Nonconformities are mostly fresh, chilled, or frozen vegetables, food utensils, spices and
medicated diet, with most nonconformities pertaining to residual agricultural chemicals
or heat resistance tests. Such products were either returned or destroyed according to law

preventing their sales in Taiwanese markets.

Port of Kaohsiung

Port of Keelung Office, 15.24%
Office, 54.49%

Port of Taichung
Taiwan Taoyuan Office, 6.36%
International Airport
Office, 23.91%

Figure 3-3 Distribution of inspections handled by TFDA offices at various ports in 2016

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