Page 113 - 2023 Taiwan Food and Drug Administration Annual Report

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Date of Name Important content
announcement

November 7 The “Notice of the COVID-19 That “catering practitioners shall have their body
control and management temperature taken and health condition monitored” was
measures for the Food deleted.
Service” was amended.

November 8 The “Regulations Governing 1. Merge the regulation of the containers or packages of health
the Labeling of Health Food” food shall be labeled with the ingredients and content with
were amended. health care effect or quality control.

2. The product conforming to the subparagraph 2 of paragraph
1 of Article 3 of the Health Food Control Act shall be labeled
specific statements to disclose the health care effects of the
product from academic theory not experiments in the behind
of the description of “health care claims.”

3. The experiments using animal model to assess the health
care effect of the health food shall be labeled specific
statements to disclose the health care effects based on
the testing results from animal model in the front of the
description of health care claims.

4. Health food with additional refined sugar over 17 grams of
the recommended daily intake, fish oil, or red yeast rice shall
be labeled specific statements on containers or packages to
remind the health risk for consumers.

November 17 Amendment to the “Import 1. CCC 0307.79.00.90-7 “Other clams, cockles, and ark shells,
Regulation of F01 and dried, salted or in brine, smoked included” consisting of 5
F02 in Import Commodity items, was deleted.
Classification of Republic of
China.” 2. CCC 0709.99.90.26-7 “Chengiopanax sciadophylloides,
fresh or chilled” consisting of 3 items, was added.

3. The requirement for the importation of CCC 4419.19.00.00-
6 “Other tableware and kitchenware, of bamboo” consisting
of 5 items, was amended.

November 17 The “Complex Import Requirement 514 for the importation of CCC
Regulation Containing 0307.79.00.90-7 “Other clams, cockles and ark shells,
F01 in Import Commodity dried, salted or in brine, smoked included” consisting of 2
Classification of Republic of items, was added.
China” was amended.

November 17 Revise “Import Regulation Requirement 508 for the importation of CCC
of 508 in Import Commodity 1302.20.00.00-9 “Pectic substances, pectinates, and
Classification of Republic of pectates” consisting of 4 items, was added.
China” category list.”

Remarks:
I. As of 2022, cumulatively, accumulated addition/revision of 7,552 pesticide residue limits; 1,530 veterinary drug

residue limits; 17 food sanitation standards, 38 restrictions for food ingredients, and 796 food additives on the
positive list had been defined in addition to the respective scope of use, limits, and specifications/standards.
II. Commodity classification code list: According to Article 30 of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation, the
import of food and other related products announced by the central competent authority shall be in accordance
with the commodity classification code list. As of the end of 2022, 2,719 items of goods subject to inspections
upon importation had been announced, including 2,122 in the import regulation F01, 130 in the import regulation
F02, 378 in the import regulation 508, and 88 in the complex import regulation.

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