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2Consolidated Management over
sanitary-related certificates were successfully
applied for by businesses for the exportation
of processed foods, e.g., additives, and three
online briefing sessions were completed for
businesses where the procedure to apply for
such certification was explained and how to
operate the online system was demonstrated.
The headcount of participants came to 446.
Overall, more than 90% of businesses were
satisfied.
Section 4
Implementation of
Second tier Quality
Control Certification
▍ Introduction of the Policy
The tertiary quality control mechanism
for food safety and sanitation was defined in
the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation.
As far as second tier quality control is
concerned, it is a “third-party qualification of certification information system (https://
the hygiene and safety management system” in
order to provide consumers with healthy and
safe foods and help food businesses improve
the quality of their products to be on par with
their international counterparts.
▍ Implementation Strategy
I. Announcement of
compulsory regulation
TFDA has announced that second
Food Safety
tier quality control certification shall be
fulfilled for manufacturers in ten sectors,
namely, canned food, food additives, special
nutrients, and processed dairy products with
establishment registration, and sugar, salt,
starch, powder, soy sauce, and edible oil with
a capital size of NTD 30 million and above.
Food manufacturers that are not included in
the announcement can also voluntarily apply
for the said certification.
II. Normalization of
accreditation and
certification systems
Accreditation and certification were
completed as required by the “Accreditation of
Certification Body and Sanitation and Safety
Control of Food Businesses of Certification
Regulations” and the “Operating Procedure
for Verification of Food Hygiene and Safety
Management System” and the food sanitation
and safety management accreditation and
facs.fda.gov.tw) was created for enhanced
management efficacy. Food businesses that
have been verified are subject to regular and
irregular follow-up inspections and need to be
verified again once every 2 years.
III. Reinforced certification
quality
TFDA completes certifying body
accreditations as required to ensure that
ISO/TS 22003 certification eligibilities are
retained; that full-time auditors are in place;
and that applicable regulations governing
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