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quality control, risk assessment and control, laboratory quality assurance, and educational
training, to strengthen the production management and self-discipline ability of business
operators in the industry.

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Provide a reliable food safety environment for the public is the responsibility of the
government. According to the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation, the competent
authority is responsible for supervision and inspection through overseas source inspection,
imported product inspection at borders, post-market inspection, and cooperation with police to
enhance the inspection of food and drugs, to ensure the food supply safety and identify potential
risks, as well as to adopt the warning and control measures in advance.

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According to the needs for source control and the recently imported records, the central
competent authority sent personnel abroad to conduct on-site inspection for the sanitation and
safety management of the imported foods.

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The annual inspection plan will be stipulated every year in order to ensure the safety of
imported food products, and we will review and adjust the inspection methods and items with
the rolling approach according to the criteria such as inspection records, characteristics of
products, and domestic and foreign information, etc. The foods that do not pass the customs
clearance inspection at borders will be returned or destroyed according to the regulations,
furthermore, the information of these products such as company name, address, product name

and illegal status may be revealed to the public. At the same time, TFDA will increase the
product sampling rate up to inspection batch by batch if necessary.

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TFDA is responsible for supervising and assisting the health bureau of local government
in implementing food inspection and supervision, and planning food inspection management
guidance and strategies to coordinate and conduct matters regarding national food inspections.
Every year, 40-50 projects are planned and the diverse inspection strategies are applied,
including the two-way inspection of manufacturers’ source, strengthening the inspection of

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