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 Draft of F ood Business es Shall Establish Traceability  System  of Food 
Products  
MOHW  Food No. 1041301020 , June 8, 201 5. 
The competent authority: Ministry of Health  and Welfare (MOHW ), Executive Yuan  
Basis for the enactment: The stipulations in Article 9 of the Act Governing Food 
Safety and Sanitation . 
I. The food businesses for which shall establish  their own  traceability system of 
food products are as follows:  
(1) Food importers  and manufacturers  of edible oils and fats 
(2) Food importers  and manufacturers  of meat prod ucts 
(3) Food importers  and manufacturers  of dairy products  
(4) Food importers  and manufacturers  of seafood  product s 
(5) Food manufacturers of lunch box  
(6) Food importers  and manufacturers  of food additives  
(7) Food importers  of raw materials  of genetically modified food s 
(8) Food importers  and manufacturers  of soybeans  
(9) Food importers  and manufacturers  of wheat  
(10) Food importers  and manufacturers  of maize (corn)  
(11) Food importers  and manufacturers  of wheat flour  
(12) Food importers  and manufacturers  of starches  
(13) Food importers  and manufactur ers of food grade salts 
(14) Food importers  and manufacturers  of sugars  
(15) Food importers of tea leaves.  
(16) Food manufacturers of prepackaged tea drinks.  
(17) Food importers  and manufacturers  of soybean products.  
II. The scale of the food businesses designated in the precedin g section shall be as 
follows:  2 
 (1) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  1, Paragraphs  I: Food 
manufacturers applying for factory registration  will entry into force on 
October  31, 2014 . 
(2) Food importers  provided in Subparagraphs  1, Paragraphs  I: Food impo rters 
applying for  business registration , company registration or  factory 
registration  will entry into force on October  31, 2014 . 
(3) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs 2 to 5, Paragraphs  I: Food 
manufacturers applying for factory registration  will e ntry into force on 
February  5, 2015 . 
(4) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 , Paragraphs  I, 
and food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  6, Paragraphs  1: Food 
importers  and manufacturers  applying for  business registration , company 
registration  or factory registration  will entry into force on February  5, 2015.  
(5) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  8 to 1 4, 16 and 17 , 
Paragraphs  I: Food manufacturers whose a mount of capital  are more than 
(including) NT$30,000,000 and applying for factory registration  will entry 
into force on July 31, 2015.  
(6) Food importers  provided in Subparagraphs  8 to 15 and 17,  Paragraphs  I: 
Food importers  applying for  business registration , company registration or  
factory registration  will entry into force on Ju ly 31, 2015.  
III. Food importers  and manufacturers  provided  in Paragraphs I  shall  upload  
Traceability  Information  of last month  to the website 
(http://ftracebook.fda.gov.tw ) before  10th of each month . The scale of t he food 
businesses designated : 
(1) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  1, P aragraphs  I: Food 
manufacturers  whose a mount of capital  are more than (including) 3 
 NT$30,000,000 and  applying for factory registration  will entry into force 
on October  31, 2014.  Food manufacturers whose a mount of capital  are 
below NT$30,000,000 and applying for factory registration  will entry into 
force on December 31, 2016.  
(2) Food importers  provided in Subparagraphs  1, Paragraphs  I: Food importers 
applying for  business registratio n, company registration or  factory 
registration  will entry into force on October  31, 2014.  
(3) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs 2 to 5, Paragraphs  I: Food 
manufacturers  whose a mount of capital  are more than (including) 
NT$30,000,000 and  applying fo r factory registration  will entry into force 
on Decem ber 31, 2015. Food manufacturers whose a mount of capital  are 
below NT$30,000,000 and applying for factory registration  will entry into 
force on December 31, 2016.  
(4) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs  2 and 3, P aragraphs  I: Food 
importers applying for business registration, company registration or 
factory registration will entry into force on December 31, 201 5. 
(5) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs 4 and 6, Paragraphs  I, and  food 
manufacturers provi ded in Subparagraphs  6, Paragraphs  I: Food importers  
and manufacturers applying for  business registration , company registration 
or factory registration  will entry into force on December  31, 201 6. 
(6) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs 7 to 1 5 and 17 , Paragraphs  I: 
Food importers applying for  business registration , company registration or  
factory registration  will entry into force on December  31, 2015.  
(7) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  8 to 1 4, 16 and 17 , 
Paragraphs  I: Food manufacturers whose a mount of capital  are more than 4 
 (including) NT$30,000,000 and applying for factory registration  will entry 
into force on December  31, 2015.  
IV. Food importers  and manufacturers  provided  in Paragraphs I  shall use electric 
uniform invoices  if food importers  and manufacturers  have to use uniform 
invoices  referred  to “Value -added and Non -value -added Business Tax Act ”. The 
scale of the food businesses designated : 
(1) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  1, P aragraphs  I: Food 
manufacturers  whose a mount of capital  are more than (including) 
NT$30,000,000 and  applying for factory registration  will entry into force on 
December  31, 2014. Food manufacturers whose a mount of capital  are below 
NT$30,000,000 and applying for factory registration  will entry into force on 
December 31, 201 7. 
(2) Food importers  provided in Subparagraphs  1, Paragraphs  I: Food importers 
applying for  business registration , company registration or  factory 
registration  will entry into force on December  31, 2014.  
(3) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagrap hs 2 to 5, Paragraphs  I: Food 
manufacturers  whose a mount of capital  are more than (including) 
NT$30,000,000 and  applying for factory registration  will entry into force on 
Decem ber 31, 201 6. Food manufacturers whose a mount of capital  are below 
NT$30,000,000  and applying for factory registration  will entry into force on 
December 31, 201 7. 
(4) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs 2 and 3, P aragraphs  I: Food 
importers applying for business registration, company registration or factory 
registration will entry in to force on December 31, 201 6. 5 
 (5) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs 4, Paragraphs  I: Food importers  
applying for  business registration , company registration or  factory 
registration  will entry into force on December  31, 201 7. 
(6) Food manufacturers and impo rters provided in Subparagraphs 6, Paragraphs  
I: Food importers  and manufacturers applying for  business registration , 
company registration or  factory registration  will entry into force on 
December  31, 2018.  
(7) Food importers provided in Subparagraphs 7 to 1 5 and 17 , Paragraphs  I: 
Food importers applying for  business registration , company registration or  
factory registration  will entry into force on December  31, 201 6. 
(8) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagraphs  8 to 1 4, 16 and 17 , 
Paragraphs  I: Food manufactur ers whose a mount of capital  are more than 
(including) NT$30,000,000 and applying for factory registration  will entry 
into force on December  31, 201 6.