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Distribution and

04 Post-market Management

To control the quality of food, medicinal products, cosmetics and medical devices
after being placed on the market, TFDA promotes food, medicinal products traceability
system and Good Distribution Practice (GDP). In the meanwhile the businesses are asked
to reinforce self-management and establish a comprehensive food and medicinal products
monitoring system.

Section 1. Product Distribution Management

Current Status
TFDA actively constructs three-tier food quality control system, implements
product traceability system, promotes GDP, optimizes and controls medicinal products
directions and management, refines product manufacturing and distribution management
strategies and reinforces businesses self-management to completely control the storage,
transportation, distribution of food, medicinal products and cosmetics.

Policies and Outcomes

1. Safety and monitoring of food distribution
(1) Implement food traceability system
To enforce food traceability management system, TFDA announced to revise “Food
Businesses Shall Establish Traceability System of Food Products” on October 4, 2016.

Twenty-two categories of food manufacturers, importers or retailers were forcefully
included in the scope of food traceability systems. The aforementioned food businesses
must refer to the implementation schedule as well as the provisions of the Regulations
Governing Traceability of Foods and Relevant Products to establish food traceability
systems, upload traceability information to the website (https://fracebook.fda.gov.tw).
Food businesses are required to use invoices based on the recognition of the treasury
institutes, should also use electronic uniform invoices.

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