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2017 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration Annual Report Chapter 4. Distribution and Post-market Management

(3) Three-tier food quality control system
The monitoring of food safety requires self-management by the businesses, the
impartial third party independent test institute and governmental audition and sampling,
the joint implementation of the three channels to establish the three-tier quality control
system and safeguard food safety of the fellow citizens (Figure 4-2).

The third tier quality control –
Government inspection and test

The second tier quality control –
Third party certification body audit

The first tier quality control -
Self-management by the businesses
(Registration/ GHP/ Mandatorily conduct test/
Traceability system/ Food safety monitoring plan)

Figure 4-2 Three-tier food quality control system

A. The first tier quality control: Self-management by the businesses
On April 21, 2016, TFDA promulgated “Food Businesses Shall Enact Food
Safety Monitoring Plan and Mandatoily Conduct Test and Meet the Minimum
Testing Cycle and Other Relevant Matters” and announced 17 categories of
food businesses (including edible oils, processed meat products, processed

dairy products, processed seafood products, food additives, special dietary
foods, soybeans, corn, wheat, flour, starch, salts, sugar, soy sauce, tea leaves,
pre-packaged tea drinks, and non-department store retailers of comprehensive
commodities) that required enacted food safety monitoring plan. Additionally,
edible oil importers and businesses of integrated commodity retail other than
department stores are enacted mandatory conduct test since July 31, 2016.
B. The second tier quality control: Third party certification body audit

After revising Food Safety Act in 2015, the original commissioned certification
body is replaced by accredited certification body. Moreover, inspections

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