1 
 Import Requirement of Animal Origin Fishery Products  
(TRANSLATION)  
(In the case of any divergence in the translation, the Mandarin text shall prevail.)  
 
1. Each consignment of animal origin fishery Products  for human 
consumption must  be produced in Taiwan approved establishments  
and accompanied by an original official certificate  that shall be issued 
by： 
(1) the competent authority of the export ing country (region) or ； 
(2) the competent authority of the country of origin  (region) . 
2. The following definition shall apply:  
(1) “Animal origin f ishery products ” means f ish and crustaceans, 
molluscs and other aquatic animals and products of such animals 
refer to  harmonized codes of chapter 03 , 1604  and 1605 . 
(2) “Country of origin ” means origin of import ed goods  determining  
in Regulations Governing the Determination of Country of Origin 
of Imported Goods  
(3) “Competent authority ” means the central authorities or local 
authority o f the export ing country responsible for govern ing the 
sanitation, safety and quality of animal origin fishery Products  
(4) “Establishment ” means aquaculture facilit ies, vessels, processing  
plants, cold stores and warehouses . 
(5) “Official certificate ” means a paper or electronic document signed 
by the officer  who is authorized by the competent authority  and 2 
 providing assurance concerning  compliance with Taiwan ’s 
requirements.  
(6) Bivalve  molluscs  means live, fresh , chilled , smoked , dried , salted  
filter -feeding lamellibranch molluscs , please refer to Table 1.  
3. Propos al, remov al and revision of establishments  can only be 
submitted by t he competent authority of export ing country  and 
approved by Taiwan Food and Drug Administration . 
4. Requirements of offi cial certificate ： 
(1) the competent authority of the exporting country  or country of 
origin  shall provide verification  link or other verification  
measure s to verify the authenticity of official certificate s. 
(2) the copy of the animal health certificate could be used as the 
official certificate referred to in Article 1 only if it meets this 
requirement and is approved by Taiwan Food and Drug 
administration . 
(3) Official certificate shall bear a unique code , be drawn up in 
Mandarin or English, and issued before departu re of 
consignments.  
(4) Official certificate shall  bear the signature of the officer 
authorize d by the competent authority  and the official stamp , and 
could be signed or stamped  by the captain only if animal origin 
fishery products caught by vessels and directly transferred to 
Taiwan . The list of captain s shall be provided by the competent 
authority of exporting country and approved by Taiwan Food and 
Drug Administration.  3 
 (5) Official certificate shall contain following information ： 
I. General information  
i. Certificate code.  
ii. Central/local competent authority which issues the  certificate . 
If animal origin fishery products caught by vessels and 
directly transferred to Taiwan , the information shall be the 
competent authority of the vessel.  
iii. Container number/Seal number.  
iv. Exporter ’s name and address.  
v. Importer ’s name and address.  
vi. Country (region) of origin.  
vii. Country (region) of destination.  
viii. Certified as or for.  
ix. Date of departure.  
x. Transport conditions (ambient, chilled, frozen).  
xi. Means of transport (aircraft, vessel, other)  
II. Product information  
i. Establishment name and number.  
ii. Product ’s name.  
iii. Species (scientific name).  
iv. Harvest/growing location  (only for Bivalve molluscs ) 
v. Number of packages and net weight.  
vi. Product Batch number.  
III. Health attestation ：The animal origin fishery products were 
certified in compliance with the relevant Taiwan  requirements 
of Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation or equivalence 4 
 statement.  
5. Model s of official certificates  set out in Table 2 to 5, model official 
certificate of animal origin fishery products for human consumption, 
excluding bivalve molluscs  set out in Table 2, model official 
certificate of bivalve molluscs for human consumption  set out in Table 
3, model official certificate of animal  origin fishery products for 
human consumption caught by vessels and directly transferred to 
taiwan, excluding bivalve molluscs  set out in Table  4, model official 
certificate of bivalve molluscs for human consumption caught by 
vessels and directly transfer red to Taiwan set out in Table  5. 
6. This Requirement shall enter into force  on Jan 1, 2024.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 TABLE 1  
LIST OF BIV ALVE MOLLUSCS  
No. C.C.C.codeA Products Description  
1 0307.11.90.10 -6 Ostrea edulis  
2 0307.11.90. 90-9 Other oysters, live, fresh or chilled  
3 0307.12.00.00 -6 Oysters, frozen, but not smoked  
4 0307.19.20.00 -5 Oysters, dried, but not smoked  
5 0307.19.30.00 -3 Oysters, salted or in brine, but not smoked  
6 0307.19.40.00 -1 Oysters, smoked  
7 0307.21.00.00 -5 Scallops (include full shell fish and compoy), 
live, fresh or chilled  
8 0307.22.00.00 -4 Scallops (include full shell fish and conpoy), 
frozen, but not smoked  
9 0307.29.20.10 -1 Scallops (include full shell fish and compoy),  
dried, but not smoked  
10 0307.29.20.20 -9 Scallops (include full shell fish compoy),salted 
or in brine, but not smoked  
11 0307.29.30.00 -1 Scallops (include full shell fish and conpoy), 
smoked  
12 0307.31.00.11 -0 Mytilus galloprovincialis, live  
13 0307.31.00.19 -2 Other mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), live  
14 0307.31.00.21 -8 Mytilus galloprovincialis, fresh or chilled  
15 0307.31.00.29 -0 Other mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), fresh 
or chilled  
16 0307.32.00.00 -2 Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna  spp.), frozen, but 
not smoked  
17 0307.39.21.00 -0 Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), dried, but 
not smoked  
18 0307.39.29.00 -2 Mussels (Mytilus spp. Perna spp.), salted or in 
brine, but not smoked  
19 0307.39.30.00 -9 Mussels (Mytilus spp. Perna  spp.), smoked  
20 0307.71.20.00 -0 Ruditapes philippinarum, live, fresh or chilled  6 
 21 0307.71.30.10 -6 Hard clam, (Meretrix lusoria, Ruditapes 
variegatus, Paphia amabilis, Tapes literatus), 
live 
22 0307.71.30.20 -4 Hard clam, (Meretrix lusoria, Ruditapes  
variegatus, Paphia amabilis, Tapes literatus), 
fresh or chilled  
23 0307.71.90.10 -3 Clams (include cockles and ark shells), live  
24 0307.71.90.21 -0 Giant clams (tridacnidae spp.), live  
25 0307.71.90.22 -9 Giant clams (tridacnidae spp.), fresh or chilled  
26 0307.71.90.90 -6 Clams (include cockles and ark shells), fresh 
or chilled  
27 0307.72.10.00 -1 Ruditapes philippinarum, frozen, but not 
smoked  
28 0307.72.20.00 -9 Arcoida (Acridae), frozen, but not smoked  
29 0307.72.30.00 -7 Clams (Solenidae, Solecurtidae), frozen, but 
not smoked  
30 0307.72.40.00 -5 Hard clam (Meretrix lusoria, Ruditapes 
variegatus, Paphia amabilis, Tapes literatus), 
frozen, but not smoked  
31 0307.72.90.10 -2 Giant clams (tridacnidae spp.), frozen, but not 
smoked  
32 0307.72.90.90 -5 Other clams, cockles and ark shells, frozen, but 
not smoked  
33 0307.79.00.11 -3 Giant clams (tridacnidae spp.), dried, frozen, 
but not smoked   
34 0307.79.00.12 -2 Giant clams (tridacnidae spp.), salted or in 
brine, frozen, but not smoked  
35 0307.79.00.90 -7 Other clams, cockles and ark shells, dried, 
salted or in brine, smoked included  
36 0307.91.90.90 -2B Other molluscs, live, fresh or chilled  
37 0307.92.10.00 -7 Arcoida (Glycymerididae, Limopsidae), 
frozen, but not smoked  
38 0307.92.20.00 -5 Clams (Cutellidae), frozen, but not smoked  7 
 39 0307.99.62.00 -7 Arcoida (Glycymerididae, Limopsidae) and 
clams (Cutellidae), smoked  
A    C.C.C.code  refer to standard classification of commodities of the 
Republic of China . 
B    0307.91.90.90 -2 have to be determining if it is b ivalve molluscs  case 
by case.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 TABLE 2  
MODEL OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FISHERY 
PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, EXCLUDING BIV ALVE 
MOLLUSCS  
 
I.1 Exporter  
Name 
Address  I.2 Certificate code  
 
I.3 Central/ local  competent 
authority  which issues the 
certificate  
 
 
I.4 Importer  
Name 
Address  
 
 I.5 Container/Seal number  
I.6 Country (region) of origin  
 I.7 Country (region) of destination  
I.8 Certifies as or for  
Human consumption  I.9 Date of departure  
I.10 Means of Transportation  
□Aircraft    □Vessel     
□Other ______  I.11Transportation conditions  
□Ambient   □Chilled   □Frozen  
I.12 Products information  
Aquaculture facilit y：name ____________  number ___________  
Processing plant ：name ____________ number ____________  
Cold store /Storage：name ____________ number ___________  
Product name ______________   
Species  (Scientific name)  _________________  9 
 Batch number ______________   
Number of packages ________________   
Net weight _______________  
II. Health Attestation ： 
The official inspector hereby certifies that the products specified 
above： 
1. Were caught, handle d, landed, prepared, processed, frozen, thawed, 
packaged, stored, transported hygienically and in compliance with 
the relevant Taiwan requirements of Act Governing Food Safety 
and Sanitation . 
2. Come from establishments implementing control measures based 
on the HACCP principles in accordance with Taiwan Act 
Governing Food Safety and Sanitation . 
3. Do not contain any pathogenic bacteria, harmful substances at 
levels harmful to human health.  
4. Satisfy the health standards laid down in  Act Governing Food 
Safety and Sa nitation.   
Official inspector  
Name_____________________  
Title______________________  
Date______________________  
 
Signature _________________    Official stamp  
 
 
 
 
 
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 TABLE 3 
MODEL OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF BIV ALVE MOLLUSCS FOR 
HUMAN CONSUMPTION  
 
I.1 Exporter  
Name 
Address  I.2 Certificate code  
 
I.3 Central/local competent 
authority which issues the 
certificate  
 
 
I.4 Importer  
Name 
Address  
 
 I.5 Container/Seal number  
I.6 Country (region) of origin  
 I.7 Country (region) of destination  
I.8 Certifies as or for  
Human consumption  I.9 Date of departure  
I.10 Means of Transportation  
□Aircraft    □Vessel     
□Other ______  I.11Transportation conditions  
□Ambient   □Chilled   □Frozen  
I.12 Products information  
Aquaculture facilit y：name ____________ number ___________  
Processing plant ：name ____________ number ____________  
Cold store /Storage：name ____________ number ___________  
Product name______________   
Species  (Scientific name) _________________  
Harvest/growing location _______________  11 
 Batch number______________   
Number of packages________________   
Net weight_______________  
II. Health Attestation ： 
The official inspector hereby certifies that the products specified 
above： 
1. Were caught, handle d, landed, prepared, processed, frozen, thawed, 
packaged, stored, transported hygienically and in compliance with 
the relevant Taiwan requirements of Act Governing Food Safety 
and Sanitation . 
2. Come from establishments implementing control measures based 
on the HACCP principles in accordance with Taiwan Act 
Governing Food Safety and Sanitation . 
3. Do not contain any pathogenic bacteria, harmful substances at 
levels harmful to human health.  
4. Satisfy the health standards laid down in  Act Governing Food 
Safety and Sa nitation.   
Official inspector  
Name_____________________  
Title______________________  
Date______________________  
 
Signature _________________    Official  stamp  
 
 
 
 
 
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 TABLE 4 
MODEL OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF ANIMAL ORIGIN FISHERY 
PRODUCTS  FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION CAUGHT BY VESSELS 
AND DIRECTLY TRANSFERRED TO TAIWAN , EXCLUDING 
BIV ALVE MOLLUSCS   
 
I.1 Exporter  
Name 
Address  I.2 Certificate code  
 
 
I.3 Central/local competent authority 
which issues the certificate  
 
 
I.5 Importer  
Name 
Address  
 I.6 Country (region) of origin  
 
I.7 Country (region) of 
destination  I.8 Certifies as or for  
Human consumption  
I.9 Date of departure  I.10 Means of Transportation  
□Aircraft    □Vessel  □Other ______  
I.11 Transportation conditions  
□Ambient   □Chilled   □Frozen  
I.12 Products information  
Aquaculture facilit y：name ____________ number ___________  
Processing plant ：name ____________ number ____________  
Cold store /Storage：name ____________ number ___________  
Product name______________   
Species  (Scientific name) _________________  
Batch number______________   13 
 Number of packages________________   
Net weight_______________  
II. Health Attestation ： 
The captain of the vessel  hereby certifies that products specified  
above： 
1. Were hygienically caught, handle d, prepared, processed, frozen, 
thawed, packaged, stored and landed , and in compliance with the 
relevant Taiwan requirements of Act Governing Food Safety and 
Sanitation . 
2. The vessel implement s control measures based on the HACCP 
principles in accordance with Taiwan Act Governing Food Safety 
and S anitation . 
3. Do not contain any pathogenic bacteria, harmful substances at 
levels harmful to human health.  
Captain of the vessel  
Name_____________________  
Title______________________  
Date______________________  
 
Signature _________________    Official  stamp  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 TABLE 5  
MODEL OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF BIV ALVE MOLLUSCS  FOR 
HUMAN CONSUMPTION CAUGHT BY VESSELS AND DIRECTLY 
TRANSFERRED TO TAIWAN  
 
I.1 Exporter  
Name 
Address  I.2 Certificate code  
 
 
I.3 Central/local competent authority 
which issues the certificate  
 
 
I.4 Importer  
Name 
Address  
 I.5 Country (region) of origin  
 
I.6 Country (region) of 
destination  I.7 Certifies as or for  
Human consumption  
I.8 Date of departure  I.9 Means of Transportation  
□Aircraft    □Vessel    □Other ______  
I.10 Transportation conditions  
□Ambient   □Chilled   □Frozen  
I.11 Products information  
Aquaculture facilit y：name ____________ number ___________  
Processing plant ：name ____________ number ____________  
Cold store /Storage：name ____________ number ___________  
Product name______________   
Species  (Scientific name) _________________  
Harvest/ Growing location _______________  
Batch number______________   15 
 Number of packages________________   
Net weight_______________  
II. Health Attestation ： 
The captain of the vessel hereby certifies that products specified 
above： 
1. Were hygienically caught, handle d, prepared, processed, frozen, 
thawed, packaged, stored and landed , and in compliance with the 
relevant Taiwan requirements of Act Governing Food Safety and 
Sanitation . 
2. The vessel im plements control measures based on the HACCP 
principles in accordance with Taiwan Act Governing Food Safety 
and Sanitation . 
3. Do not contain any pathogenic bacteria, harmful substances at 
levels harmful to human health.  
Captain of the vessel  
Name_____________________  
Title______________________  
Date______________________  
 
Signature _________________    Official  stamp