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No. Date Title of announcement Details Date enforced
The exterior package of “Barley” product shall
not only be labeled with product name as
Regulations on the “foreign barley”, “small barley” or “pearl barley”,
4 May 16, 2016 Product Names and but also be listed with actual ingredients such January 1, 2017
Labeling of “Barley” Food as “barley (foreign barley)”, “barley (small
barley)” or “barley (pearl barley)”, and the
contents shall be labeled as “barley” truthfully.
As of “corn flour” products, the used contents
Regulations on the shall be labeled truthfully. In addition, for
5 May 16, 2016 Product Names and “corn flour” as one of the food ingredients, the January 1, 2017
Labeling of “Corn Flour" contents shall be labeled as “tapioca flour” or
“potato flour” truthfully.
Products with the name “black chocolate,”
Regulations Governing
6 June 24, 2016 the Product Name and “white chocolate” or “milk chocolate” shall be January 1, 2017
labeled with its ingredients and amount of
Labeling of Chocolate
contents.
Regulations on the
7 July 14, 2016 Product Named of For product named by specific fish, the January 1, 2017
contents shall contain the claimed specific fish.
Specific Fish
Regulations on Iodine Both reminder and nutrition labeling of
November 1, Labeling for Prepackaged prepackaged food grade salt products that add
8 July 1, 2017
2016 Food Grade Salt potassium iodide or potassium iodate shall be
Products handled in accordance with the provisions.
Regulations Governing Prepackaged coffee creamer products that
the Product Names and
November 10, are labeled or claimed as“奶精(Nai-jing)” in
9 Labeling of Prepackaged July 1, 2017
2016 Chinese characters shall be labeled with
Coffee Creamer (奶精 reminder information
Nai-jing) Products
The name and source of regulation and the
Regulations Governing
December 19, related legal terms are revised. To protect the
10 the Labeling of Formula January 1, 2017
2016 safety of the consumers, the conspicuous alert
for Certain Disease
shall be labeled.
Regulations Governing
the Product Names and Regulates the name and the fat content
11 February 6, 2017 Labeling of Prepackaged of “butter,” “cream,” “margarine,” and “fat July 1, 2017
Butter, Cream, Margarine spreads”.
and Fat Spreads
The food sold by vending machines shall
Regulations Governing be labeled as required; except for the food
the Labeling of Food
12 June 2, 2017 information, the vending machines shall be July 1, 2017
Products Sold by Vending labeled conspicuously with the company
Machines
information.
Regulations Governing It is required to indicate in readily visible areas
13 June 6, 2017 the Labeling of on the package that vinegar made of specific July 1, 2018
Prepackaged Vinegar raw materials is ““blended” or “artificial”.
The use restrictions The conditions of manufacture and usage
of Cordyceps militaris quantity of Cordyceps militaris provided for
and warning label
14 July 26, 2017 food use is proposed to be restricted, and food July 26, 2017
requirements of food products containing Cordyceps militaris shall
products containing be labeled with warning information.
Cordyceps militaris
With the different types of health foods
Regulations Governing available, there should be caution statements
December 29,
15 the Labeling of Health to indicate the purpose, distinctions between January 1, 2018
2017
Food drug and food, and reminders of the dose to be
used each time.

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