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2023 Taiwan Food and
Drug Administration

Annual Report

▍ Exhibit 2 Guide to food sanitation management and operations released in 2022

Numbering Announcement date Announcement name Description

P r e c a u t i o n s o f The title was amended to “Guide to Application for

Applying for Food Food Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

1 February 10 Hazard Analysis and health accreditation in catering Industry” and so were
Critical Control Point the application eligibility, application documents, and

health accreditation effective period of the certificate in order to further

in catering Industry define the application procedure.

According to point 36 of the “food businesses that

shall enact the food safety monitoring plan and

food inspection, minimum testing cycle, and other

2 March 30 Guidance of Food related matters,” food manufacturers, processors,
Manufacturers to and preparers were asked to enact a food safety
Enact the Food monitoring plan that shall include four major items,
Safety Monitoring “product manufacturing process and hazard analysis,
Plan process-related standard operating procedure,
internal audits and supplier management, and

training” and the quality assurance system was

included in the Guidance with reference to the

domestic and international management systems.

1.The review procedures defined internationally

for recycling and reproduction of food utensils

in the US and the EU were referred to, including

physical reproduction, case review principles, and

Application Process decontamination test safety evaluation methods.

for Suitability of Raw 2 . B u s i n e s s e s s h a l l s u b m i t t h e i r a p p l i c a t i o n

3 May 12 Material in Recycled (manufacturers and importers of recycled PET
P E T P e l l e t s f o r pellets to be used in food utensils).

Food Container and 3.Following a formal administrative review, a

Packaging substantive evaluation by experts, and consultation

with the Food Risk Assessment Advisory Council,

a formal response will be sent to the applicant, and

the information will be made public on our TFDA’s

website.

G u i d a n c e o f The response measures for confirmed cases

C O V I D - 1 9 appearing in catering establishments have been

4 May 17 P r e v e n t i o n f o r amended to comply with the relevant pandemic

the Food Service prevention regulations of the CECC in the event of

Industry confirmed COVID-19 cases occurring at the venue.

Management at international organizations and in

respective advanced countries was referred to and

Guidelines for the guidelines and autonomous quality control measures

5 May 24 m a n a g e m e n t o f to prevent and reduce contamination of foods by
melamine detected trace melamine were introduced. Management in

in food respective advanced countries was referred and

indicator values were introduced for the actions

taken.

G u i d e l i n e s f o r Reflective of the adjustments made to sanitation

E v a l u a t i o n o f standards, the “Sanitation Standard for The

6 December 20 E x p i r y D a t e s o f Microorganism in Foods to be Eaten Raw” cited

Prepackaged Food in the Guidelines was amended as the “Sanitation

Products Standards for Microorganisms in Foods.”

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