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interaction will facilitate Taiwan’s food industry to enter the international market. TFDA
continues to reinforce the bilateral cooperation between Taiwan and the EU to facilitate the
diverse development of Taiwan’s export market and products.

Ill. Simplified the application process for the sanitary certificates of
processed food for export
With the measures such as online applications, simplified the application process and
provide multiple payment methods, the reviewing days for the application has been shortened
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conditions can greatly save the application time. In addition, the electronic notice also improves

the efficiency of document delivery. The applicant’s average satisfaction with the relevant
measures reached 93%.

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Introduction of the Policy
Introduction of the Polic
In order to improve the food management regulations in Taiwan, The “Act Governing Food
Safety and Sanitation” was reviewed three times in 2019, the precautionary principles for the
case of important or emergency food hygiene and safety incidents, the management regulations

for the processed aids and the penalty for spreading false food safety information were included
in the provisions of the “Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation”; the relevant food safety
regulations were reviewed and a total of more than 40 regulations have been added or revised,
including various food hygiene and safety standards, regulations for logistics operators,
regulations for liquid egg management, the hygiene management personnel system of food
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multiple policies to enhance the professionalism of business operators’ self-management, to

ensure the hygiene and safety in the food production and supply chain.

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Implementation Strategy
Implementation Strate
I. Food hygiene and safety standards
We refer to the international standards and adopt the risk assessment principles to conduct
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and toxicological tests, including “Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in Foods,” “Standards
for Veterinary Drug Residue Limits in Foods,” “Sanitation Standards,” and “Standards for

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