Page 26 - 2018食藥署年報(英文版)

Section 3 Food Production Transformation and
Enhancement of Soft Power

Origin of Policy

To promote the “Five-point Food Safety Policy,” the related regulations have been
established based on the Food Safety Act. With the transformation of food production, and the
participation of professionals in the food industry, the self-management system of food industry

sanitation, and the holistic monitoring of food safety are achieved.

Implementation Measures

1. The first tier quality control

The first tier quality control is the spontaneous management imposed by food businesses.
Article 7 of the Food Safety Act stipulates that food businesses whose category and scale have
been announced should establish a food safety monitoring plan and enforce mandatory tests to
ensure food sanitation and safety. The “Food Businesses Shall Enact Food Safety Monitoring Plan

and Mandatorily Conduct Test and Meet the Minimum Testing Cycle and Other Relevant Matters”
were announced on April 21, 2016. The amended draft was made known on June 7, 2017, with the
addition of five types of business that should hold a business registration, company registration
or factory registration certificate. Manufacturers, processors, and reconstitution businesses with
a factory registration certificate and a capital size of NTD 30 million and above were added and
food business of a specific scale were asked to implement the amendment by schedule.

2. The system of food safety management

(1) Article 8 of the Food Safety Act specifies that the food businesses shall meet the
Regulations on Good Hygiene Practice for Food, and the announced categories shall
also meet the Regulations on Food Safety Control System (Hazard Analysis and Critical
Control Point, HACCP).
(2) From 2003, the aquatic processing industry, meat processing industry, food service -box
meal factory, dairy process industry, and food service within international tourist hotels
have been implemented the system of HACCP.
(3) On September 29, 2017, TFDA announced that the food businesses registered as “edible

grease,” “canned food,” “egg products,” “aquatic products processing,” and “meat

24