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2023 Taiwan Food and
Drug Administration
Annual Report
English certificates for processed foods to be
exported, e.g., additives. Applications and
notifications as well as diversified payment
options are now available comprehensively
online to go with the government’s
transformation towards digitalization of
service.
▍ Achievements and Benefits
I. Strict control over the
hygiene and safety of
imported foods
The systematic inspection procedure was
completed for 4 cases in 2022, including egg
products from the United States, beef products
from Mexico, dairy and fishery products,
processed egg products from Lithuania, and
pork products from Paraguay. The foregoing
products met the designated importation
criteria, were produced/manufactured at the
approved production facilities, and designated
supporting documents were enclosed and
hence were allowed to apply for the import
inspection with TFDA.
II. Addition/Revision of a field
for the import inspection
number for enhanced
management intensity
Amendment announcements of
commodity classification numbers codes were
completed for 40 items and the food import
requirements were being added/revised. In
total, 2,719 listed items to be imported need to
be inspected by TFDA at borders in order to
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be imported as food-related products.
III. Assistance to businesses
in expanding presence on
overseas markets
Proactive assistance was provided to
businesses in 2022 in exportation/distribution,
including the residue monitoring plan for
eggs and residue monitoring results submitted
by our country, which were reviewed and
approved by the European Commission.
Additionally, our country’s Official
Biosecurity Program of Processed (heat-
treated) Meat Products was also approved
by New Zealand. Assistance was provided to
food businesses in applying for registration
of overseas production enterprises exporting/
distributing imported foods from China;
once it is confirmed that the documentation
prepared by the specific business is complete,
it will be submitted to the China Government
for review.
TFDA helped businesses submit
application documents according to the
product and application method designated
in the destination country. Continuous efforts
will be made in the future on cross-ministerial/
departmental collaboration in exports to help
businesses explore overseas markets.
IV. Proactive assistance to
businesses in applying for
sanitary-related certificates
for the exportation of
processed foods
Throughout 2022, a total of 2,345