G/TBT/N/TPKM/297  
 
30 November 2017  
(17-6572) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION1 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS  TERRITORY OF TAIWAN,  PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW)  
No. 161 -2, Kunyang St, Nangang District,  
Taipei City, Taiwan  
Telephone: (886 -2) 2787 -8000 ext 7354  
Fax: (886 -2) 2653 -1062  
E-mail: chelsea2237@fda.gov.tw  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or autho rity designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Agricultural 
products including plant, algae original, no matter fresh, freeze, frozen, fried, and 
processing by o ther methods, other food products and box meal  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 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)    
6. Description of content: 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 c ategories (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.  
7. Objective and r ationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling  
                                               
1 Please note this notification was submitted to the WTO on 23 October 2017.  G/TBT/N/TPKM/297  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  (1) Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation,  (2) Enforcement 
Rules of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation,  (3) Regulations  Governing 
Traceability of Foods and Relevant Products , (4) Food Businesses Shall Establish 
Traceability System of Food Products [Public Notice (food No.1051304597) issued by 
Ministry of Health and Welfare].   
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 January 2018, 1 January 2019, or 1 January 2021, 
depending on the categories and scales of the food business. For detailed information, 
please refer to the attachment.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of  Economic Affairs  
No. 4, Sec 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzheng Dist, Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (+886 -2) 2343 -1916 
Fax: (+886 -2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/TPKM/17_4744_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TB T/TPKM/17_4744_00_x.pdf