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2Consolidated Management over
Food Safety
random inspection rate was increased for few years. Cross-ministerial/departmental joint
products. When imported products were inspections were conducted on the labeling of
found to be non-conforming during the post- tea products available on the market and the
marketing stage, such information would be whereabouts and labeling of imported oysters
provided to the border authority for reinforced and efforts were made to ensure subsequent
control and to strengthen the hygiene and labeling management for the sake of protecting
safety supervision mechanism for imported the rights of consumers in 2022.
foods.
V. Cooperative investigation
II. Domestic manufacturing between prosecutors and
processing and circulation police
supervision
Through collaboration between
For items highly susceptible to violations, prosecutors police investigation units and
of high concern, and at high risk, inspections health authorities, the professionalism
are enhanced and the diversified and and resources of respective agencies were
constantly innovating dining patterns among combined for enhanced inspections capacity.
our nationals are taken into consideration in For suspicious criminal and illegal cases, the
the planning and organization of audit and food and drug crackdown correspondence
random inspection projects. platform is available. With the food and
drug offense crackdown group as the
III. Inspection of border and correspondence and coordination center,
post-marketing for Ethylene respective authorities were gathered, given
oxide (EtO) instructions, and coordinated to take on
investigations for enhanced processing
In response to international warnings and efficacy.
public reports that pesticide residue - EtO -
had been detected in various types of foods, ▍ Achievements and Benefits
related products were inspected at borders, and
post-marketing was performed on applicable I. Inspection of imported
manufacturing facilities and food distribution products at border
channels in the country.
Among the total of 724,180 batches
IV. Collaborative cross- of food and related products to be inspected
department inspection upon border customs clearance in 2022,
65,680 batches were randomly inspected; the
Local tea products and oysters mixed inspection qualification rate was 99%.
with imported products have been issues
concerning the general public over the past 27
