Draft Regulations Governing the Labeling of Bulk Foods 
DOH Food No. 1 011301978, 15 Au gust , 2012 
I. The competent authority: Department  of Health (DOH), Executive Yuan. 
II. Basis for the enactment: Article 17-1  of Act Governing Food Sanitation. 
III. Scope of implementation: Except for pr epackaged foods in Article 17 of Act 
Governing Food Sanitation, other bulk foods are displayed for sale. 
IV. Applicable categories (items) of foods:  
(1)Bulk foods such as material other than beef or edible cattle offals: Except for 
foods for baking (roasting) and dealing with prepared foods on-site, all food 
categories (items) are included.  
(2)Bulk foods such as materi al for beef or edible cattle offals: All food categories 
(items) are included. 
V. Announcement of ‘Draft Regulations Governing the Labeling of Bulk Foods’ 
 (1)Food retailers with company regi stration or business registration:  
a. Bulk foods such as material other than  beef or edible ca ttle offals must be 
labeled with product name and country of origin or  letters with the same 
meaning. 
b. Bulk foods such as material for beef or edible cattle offals must be labeled 
with product name, country of origin a nd country of origin of the beef or 
edible cattle offals or lette rs with the same meaning; if the contents include a 
single item of raw beef or edible cattle offals, it is permitted to label just one 
option i.e. either country of origin of th e food or country of origin of the beef 
or edible cattle offals; in  case of foods for baking (roasting) and dealing with 
ready-to-eat foods on-site, the food is on ly labeled with country of origin of 
the beef or edible cattle offals. 
(2)Food retailers without company regist ration or business registration: Bulk 
foods such as material for beef or edible cattle offals must be labeled with 
country of origin of the b eef or edible cattle offals or letters with the same meaning. 
(3)Beef and cattle edible offals  do not include milk and fat. 
(4)The country of origin shall be the c ountry of slaughter for beef and cattle 
edible offals. 
(5)Methods of labeling must clearly indica te country of origin  in Chinese. Card, 
mark (label) or notice board are permitted  options for selecting either hanging, 
erecting (inserting), sticking or other wa ys that can be clearly identified.  
(6)The length and width of the character un it for the country of origin of the beef 
or edible cattle offals ma rked on the mark (label) shall not be less than two 
millimeters, and not less than two centimeters if labeled by other means. 
VI. Since the date of implementation on this announcement, the announcement DOH 
Food No.0980400452 “Regula tions Governing the Labeling of Bulk Foods” dated 
on March 25, 2009 and the amendment DOH Food No.0991300 008 “Regulations 
Governing the Labeling of Bulk Foods” dated on Fe bruary 9, 2010 shall cease to 
be used. 
VII. The draft will be published otherwis e on webpage ‘DOH Announcement’ of our 
website (http://www.doh.gov.tw/) and webpage ‘FDA Announcement’ under 
FDA website (http://www.fda.gov.tw). 
VIII. For opinions or sugges tions to revision aiming at the context of this 
announcement, please express opinions or inquiries within 7 days from the next 
day of publication.  It will be deemed as no comment if it is beyond the 
deadline. 
 (1)Handling unit: Food a nd Drug Administration, Department of Health, 
Executive Yuan. 
(2)Address: No. 161-2, Kunyang St., Nangang  Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan 115-61 
(3)Tel: 886-2-27 878000 ext. 7343 
(4)Fax: 886-2-26531062 
(5)E-mail:xenia26@fda.gov.tw