Page 11 - 2018食藥署年報(英文版)

New Strategies for Food

01 and Drug Safety

Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has taken up the mission of constructing
a sound and safe food and medicinal products management system and building a trustworthy
public food and medicinal products consumer environment. Under the vision of “Safe and
effective medicinal products, safe and healthy food,” TFDA upholds the core concepts of food and
medicinal products “Total product life cycle management,” and serves as the guardian of public
health through the management of sources, manufacturing, and circulation.

Section 1 Food Management Overview

To maintain public confidence in food sanitation and safety, TFDA collects and refers
to international standards and techniques, promulgates and revises regulations related to “Act
Governing Food Safety and Sanitation”(abbreviated as the Food Safety Act), strengthens inspection
competence and volume, and develops novel inspection methods. TFDA also actively promotes
management, including food business registration system, food traceability system, food businesses

self-management, border inspection of imported food, specific food registration, system updates and
source control, etc. TFDA works with local governments and Health Bureaus to carry out programs
for the inspection, sampling and testing, as well as post-marketing surveillance of food products, in
order to prevent defective products from listing and to ensure food hygiene, safety and quality.
In addition, TFDA continues promoting “Five-point Food Safety Policy” (Figure1-1). Industry
self-regulation, government management and civil participation are three major forces behind the
effective implementation of the policy to complete the farm-to-table management process as well
as to build up a strong and credible food safety system in which the consumers may purchase with
confidence. For food management overview (Figure1-2).

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