Food businesses shall establish traceability system of foods and 
relevant products 
 
MOHW Food No. 1031302873, October 27, 2014 
 
The competent authority: Ministry of H ealth and Welfare (MOHW), Executive Yuan 
Basis for the enactment: The stipulations in Item 1, Article 9 and Item 3, Article 21 of 
the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation. I. The food businesses for which shall esta blish their own traceability system of 
foods and relevant products are as follows: (1) Food importers and manufacturer s of edible oils and fats 
(2) Food importers and manuf acturers of meat products 
(3) Food importers and manufacturers of dairy products (4) Food importers and manufacturers of seafood products (5) Food manufacturers of lunch box (6) Food importers and manufacturers of food additives (7) Food importers of raw material s of genetically modified food 
(8) Food importers of and manufactur ers of genetically modified food 
(9) Food importers and manufacturers of  products which can be labeled as 
non-genetically modified food 
II. The scale of the food businesses designated in the preceding section shall be as 
follows: (1) Food manufacturers provided in S ubparagraphs 1, Paragraphs I: Food 
manufacturers applying for factory registration will entry into force on October 31, 2014. 
(2) Food importers provided in Subparagr aphs 1, Paragraphs I: Food importers 
applying for business registration, company registration or factory 
registration will entry into force on October 31, 2014. 
(3) Food manufacturers provided in Subpara graphs 2 to 5, Paragraphs I: Food 
manufacturers applying for factory registration will entry into force on February 5, 2015. 
(4) Food importers provided in Subparagr aphs 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, Paragraphs I, 
and food manufacturers provided in S ubparagraphs 6, Paragraphs 1: Food 
importers and manufacturers applyi ng for business registration, company 
registration or factory re gistration will entry into force on February 5, 2015. 
(5) Food importers and manufacturers pr ovided in Subparagraphs 8 to 9, 
Paragraphs I: Food importers and ma nufacturers applying for factory 
registration will entry into force on  February 5, 2015. Food importers and manufacturers applying for business regi stration or company registration 
will entry into force on February 5, 2016. 
III. Food importers and manufacturers of ed ible oils and fats which notified by the 
competent authority shall upload “Supplier Information” referred to the “Regulations Governing Traceability of Foods and Relevant Products” to the 
website (http://ftracebook.fda.gov.tw) within 3 working days after receiving date, 
and upload detailed information of mana gement items after shipping date of 
products. (1) Food manufacturers of ed ible oils and fats w hose amount of capital are 
more than NT$30,000,000 will entry into force on October 31, 2014. 
(2) Food importers of edible oils and fats will entry into force on October 31, 
2014. 
IV. Food importers and manufacturers of edible  oils and fats provided in Paragraphs 
3 shall use electric uniform invoices if f ood importers and manufacturers have to 
use uniform invoices referred to “Value -added and Non-value-added Business 
Tax Act”, and will entry into force on December 31, 2014.