TPKM/297
WTO/TBT
TW Taïwan
  • 65 - Agriculture
2018-01-29
2017-12-01

Agricultural products including plant, algae original, no matter fresh, freeze, frozen, fried, and processing by other methods, other food products and box meal

Public Notice (food No. 1061301241) issued by Ministry of Health and Welfare: "Draft of Food Businesses Shall Establish Traceability System of Food Products" (9 page(s), in English; 7 page(s), in Chinese)

According to article 9 of the Act Governing Food and Safety Sanitation, the MOHW shall regulate the designated food businesses to establish traceability system in order to trace the source and track the flow. Since 2014, the MOHW has designated 22 categories of food businesses to establish their own traceability system. Based on risk evaluation and food safety consideration this draft amendment will add. 3 more categories (namely Agricultural products including plant, algae original, no matter fresh, freeze, frozen, dried, and processing by other methods, other food products and box meal) of food businesses to establish the traceability system.