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Early Warning, Monitoring

06 and Risk Management

With the development of big data technology, active monitoring mechanisms on
food and medicinal products, and crisis management mechanism, the concept of risk
management and emergency response are applied into TFDA’s operation to prevent from
occurrence of emergencies and reduce the possible impact of hazards.

Section 1. Big Data Analysis and Early Warning
Mechanism for Food Safety

Current Status
Food and Drug Decision Support Center (refer to as “DSC” below) under TFDA
was established on September 2, 2015. Its establishment is aimed at collecting public
opinions both nationally and internationally, to identify risks by using big data analysis,
and to help decision making for other departments concerned. The DSC consists of three
dedicated groups. They are (a) a public opinion monitoring group to monitor media

and social networking news in Taiwan and overseas; (b) a system integration group to
integrate data from multiple source systems and monitor data safety from internal and
external agencies; and (c) a data analysis group to predict potential risks and trends based
on data mining technology and statistical methods.

Policies and Outcomes

1. Integrate data from multiagency Make plans before actions

(1) TFDA system integration
The “Core-Foodcloud” of DSC integrates the Five-Must information systems of
TFDA, namely the Automated Management System for Border Inspections (Must-
Declare), the Product Distribution Management System (Must-Test), the Food Business

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