G/SPS/N/TPKM/570  
 
8 July 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health and Welfare  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food additives to be used in foods  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  The Draft Amendment of Standards for Specification, 
Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives . Language(s):  . Number of pages:   
6. Description of content:  In order to comply with the abolition of the dairy product 
hygiene standards on 1 July 2021, the regulation for the use of food additives for dairy 
products is planned to be included in the "Standards for Specification, Scope, Application 
and Limitation of Food Additives", and the content of the regulation remains unchanged.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for An imal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TPKM/570  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The Draft Amendment of Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation of 
Food Additives (available in English, 6 pages) (MOHW Food No. 1101301674, 8 July 2021) 
is available in English from the National Notification Authority, National Enquiry Point, and 
Ministry of Health and Welfare. The standards will be published in the Official Government 
Gazette when adopted. The full text may be downloaded from the following website: 
http://www.fda.gov.tw/TC/newsContent.aspx?cid=5072&id=27161  (available in Chinese 
and English) . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2021 . Seven days from the date of 
circulation of the notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Food and D rug Administration  
Ministry of Health and Welfare  
No.161 -2, Kunyang St, Nangang District, Taipei City 115 -61, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 2) 2787 8000 ext 7331  
Fax: +(886 2) 2653 1062  
E-mail: kaobengod@fda.gov.tw  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Food and Drug Administration  
Ministry of Health and Welfare  
No.161 -2, Kunyang St, Nangang District, Taipei City 115 -61, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886 2) 2787 8000 ext 7331  
Fax: +(886 2) 2653 1062  
E-mail: kaobengod@fda.gov.tw