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2023 Taiwan Food and
Drug Administration

Annual Report

   III. Addition of the requirement                 registration is completed, the capital size is
      that the dairy processing                     NTD 30 million or above, and which recruit
      industry shall comply with the                members or obtain personal data through
      RegulationS on Food Safety                    transactions, safety measures such as a
      Control System                                personal data protection plan shall be imposed.

          Besides the existing establishment        VI. Reinforcement of food
   registration, business or company registration       labeling management
   is added. For a business with 5 or more              requirements
   practitioners and with a capital size of NTD 30
   million or more, the scope of implementation           In order to have sound food labeling and
   is extended to also include dairy ice cream      for the sake of information transparency, 4
   and whey, among others, and implementation       requirements about artificially marbled meat,
   begins on January 1, 2023.                       drinks, etc. were amended or defined in 2022
                                                    to urge practitioners to enforce labeling and
   IV. Sound work guide                             provide consumers with sufficient information
                                                    for their reference while making purchases.
   (I) Referring to international management
        practice, the quality assurance system      ▍	Achievements and Benefits
        is included in the “Guidance of Food
        Manufacturers to Enact the Food Safety      I. Harmonization of
        Monitoring Plan.”                             international regulations

   (II) Common issues encountered in the                  Cumulatively, 7,552 pesticide residue
         implementation of a food traceability      limits, pesticide residue limits for 373 animal
         management system among businesses         products, 1,530 veterinary drug residue limits,
         are compiled and updated in the            17 sanitation standards, 38 food ingredient
         “Frequently Asked Questions for Food       restrictions, and 796 food additives on the
         Businesses Who Should Establish the        positive list were defined throughout 2022 and
         Food Traceability System.”                 for each of them, the scope of use, limits, and
                                                    specifications/standards are defined.
   V. Improvement of measures to
      protect personal data taken                   II. Refinement of methods
      by food businesses                               for assessing health care
                                                       effects
          In order to protect personal data and to
   prevent theft, alteration, damage, destruction,        “The efficacy assessment method of
   or leakage, for specific types of businesses     health food for assisting in the regulation of
   where the company, business, or establishment

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