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 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 estab lish their own traceability system of 
foods and relevant products are as follows: (1) Food importers and manufacturers of edible oils and fats 
(2) Food importers and manufact urers 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 materials of genetically modified food 
(8) Food importers of and manufacturers 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 Subpa ragraphs 1, Paragraphs I: Food 
manufacturers applying for factory registration will entry into force on October 31, 2014. 
(2) Food importers provided in Subparagra phs 1, Paragraphs I: Food importers 
applying for business registration, company registration or factory 
registration will entry into force on October 31, 2014. 2 
 (3) Food manufacturers provided in Subparagr aphs 2 to 5, Paragraphs I: Food 
manufacturers applying for factory registration will entry into force on February 5, 2015. 
(4) Food importers provided in Subparagra phs 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 provi ded 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 edib le 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 edib le oils and fats whos e 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 fa ts 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.