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2023 Taiwan Food and
Drug Administration

Annual Report

life cycle of medicinal products, medical capabilities; innovate on food and drug
devices, and cosmetics; perfect retroactivity, safety communication strategies; broaden
tracking, and circulation management, the correct knowledge about food and
reinforce border inspections, auditing, and drugs and deepen the awareness among
autonomous management of businesses; our people.
normalize the quality monitoring system and
create an assuring consumer environment. Section 3
II. Promote a quality consultation, assistance,
and review system for emerging products; Food Management
keep track of the momentum in supplying Overview
key medicinal products and medical
devices; enhance shortage-reporting, Enabling consumers to enjoy “Safe
evaluating, and processing efficacy; and and Health Food” is the core value of the
assist in stabilizing the supply of medical food management policy. As food safety
resources. issues around the world continue to evolve,
III. Strengthen international harmonization food management appears to become more
diversified, innovative, and informative.
of laws and regulations; intelligent
food and drug testing technologies and

Pre-market Post-market

ingFreodoidents Food Products Food and Consumers
additives Businesses beverage
operators

♦ Import management ♦ Food GHP ♦ Inspection and Food service ♦ Information trans-
(Systematic inspection, border ♦ Registration of food registration parency
inspection, overseas inspec- Health Food ♦ GHP inspection on
tion) business operators Special nutrients foods for sales ♦ Risk communication
♦ Food HACCP Imported food in tablet or ♦ Food poisoning,
♦ Review and registration ♦ The 1st tier quality capsule forms ♦ GHP inspection on
(GM ingredients/ single food Produce vitamin food in food service unexpected reaction
additives) control tablet or capsule forms notification
♦ Food business Vacuum packaged Products ♦ Food safety founda-
♦ Food additives/product Ready-to-eat soybean tion
registration inspection food ♦ Circulation inspec-
♦ Secondary quality tion
♦ Food and its products ♦ Imported food
traceability control boarder inspection ♦ Advertisement and
label inspection
GHP ：Good Hygiene Practice
HACCP：Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point ♦ Informant notifica-
GM ：Genetically Modified tion

Figure 1-3 Food management structure

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