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Date of Name Important content
announcement
February 21 “Specific food from Japan For items that are allowed to import to Taiwan from the five
must submit certificate of prefectures of Fukushima as well as mushrooms, fishery
radiation test before they products, teas, dairy products, and baby foods from specific
enter the food inspection places of origin, the certificate of radiation testing shall be
application.” enclosed.
February 23 “The functional assessment 1. Animal experiments were deleted.
method of health food for 2. Subject criteria, number of subjects, and safety monitoring
assisting in the regulation of
blood pressure” was revised items were revised.
and the title was changed 3. The data statistics analysis methods and results
to “The efficacy assessment
method of health food for determination regulations and health care claims were
assisting in the regulation of revised.
blood pressure”.
March 10 Article 4, Appendix 1 under “Nitrogen” for quality improvement, brewing, and for
Article 2, and Appendix food production and nutrition additive “Calcium L-5-
2 under Article 3 of the Methyltetrahydrofolate” were added and the scope, limits,
“Standards for Specification, and specifications/criteria for the use of the nutrition
Scope, Application and additive “Lactoferrin” and specifications/criteria for the
Limitation of Food Additives” emulsifier “Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono-and
were revised. Diglycerides” were modified.
March 17 The “Regulation for The Use It specified the use restrictions and labeling requirement
Restrictions and Labeling of aloe for food purposes, including species of aloe, parts
Requirement of Aloe as used, processing conditions, aloin content, and the warning
a Food Ingredient” was statement of food products containing aloe.
defined.
March 17 The draft “Regulations For artificially marbled foods that are prepackaged or sold
Governing the Labeling in bulk by registered food vendors and supplied directly in
of Restructured Meat a catering location, there shall be readily visible Chinese
Products” was amended label that says “Artificially Marbled” or its equivalent and
and the title was changed reminders such as “only for well cooked,” or its equivalent
as “Regulations Governing shall be noted.
the Labeling of Restructured
and Artificially Marbled Meat
Products”.
April 19 Amended Appendix Table 1 1. The maximum residue limits for 30 pesticides such as
under Article 3 and Appendix Acetamiprid on 62 crops were amended.
Table 5 under Article 6 of
the “Standards for Pesticide 2. Baby mustard was classified in the group of cruciferous leaf
Residue Limits in Foods”. vegetables with wrapped leaves.
April 19 Amended Article 3 of the The maximum residue limits (MRLs) of six pesticides
“Standards for Pesticide including Boscalid were added/revised and the MRLs of 6
Residue Limits in Animal pesticides including Azocyclotin were revocated for animal
Products”. products.
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