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2017 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration Annual Report

seasonings has occurred in 2016. Since then, DSC analyzed 6 types of seasonings, and

established analytical modules to find out the abnormal products with too-long or too-
short validity period, and alerted other enforcement agencies.

4. Enhance cross-disciplinary cooperation and provide backup support
DSC recruits talents in various professional fields, such as information technology,
food science, medical laboratory science, public health, pharmaceutical sciences,
biomedical sciences, etc. Besides, to enhance everyone’s knowledge and skills in data

analysis, DSC also provides regular training courses open to all staff in TFDA, and
invites experts or scholars in related fields to share their experiences.

Section 2. Active Monitoring System for Medicinal
Product Safety

Current Status

To eliminate potential risks and achieve effective early warning, the feedback of
an alert system (e.g. medicinal products, medical devices and cosmetics ADR system,
controlled drugs abuse reporting system), control international alerts, collect data and
uses scientific evidence to prevent in advance and construct safety monitoring system for
medicinal products.

Policies and Outcomes

1. Active monitoring system for medicinal product safety

Although the efficacy, safety and quality of medicinal products have been confirmed
preliminarily before marketing, unexpected risks still may occur after marketing.
Therefore, the establishment of a complete post-marketing surveillance system and laws
for medicinal products (Figure 6-3) is required.

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