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II. Domestic manufacturing 221 tea products submitted for laboratory
processing and circulation testing. Among them, 38 were found with
supervision suspicious overseas teas. All were turned
into the District Prosecutors’ Office for
47 food inspection projects were investigation. Health authorities would
completed in 2022. Domestic businesses were also provide proactive assistance to
inspected 120,717 times. The qualified rate of prosecutors in search maneuvers.
GHP food business operator the re-inspections (II)As part of the “Joint oyster origin
reached 90% and above. 590,000 cases of labeling inspection project,” businesses
food and related products were inspected and were audited 107 times in total; among
randomly inspected, with a qualification rate them, 91 were about the labeling of
of up to 99%. oyster products or menus containing
oyster dishes. Except for 12 bulk oyster
III. Inspection of border and products that were found without
post-marketing for Ethylene the product name and place of origin
oxide (EtO) information on the label (all have been
corrected), the remainder fulfilled the
(I) Boarder requirements.
A total of 1,347 batches of ethylene oxide
V. Cooperative investigation
were inspected at borders in 2022; among between prosecutors and
them, up to 39 batches were disqualified. The police
non-conforming products were returned or
destroyed as required. In 2022, TFDA collaborated with
(II) Post-market prosecutors and police investigation units
and audited a total of 10 food cases; violators
In 2022, products with the EtO risk were found were all penalized as required by law.
included in a total of 4 projects for the random
inspection. 79 cases in total were randomly Section 3
inspected; among them, 4 were disqualified
and processed further by the health authority Improvement of
that has jurisdiction. Imported and
Exported Food
IV. Collaborative cross- Management
department inspection
(I) As part of the “Joint Audit Project
for Labeling of Place of Origin of
Commercial Tea Products,” a total of 57
businesses were audited (88 sites), with
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