G/TBT/N/TPKM/251  
 
20 October 2016  
(16-5707) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
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 115 -61, 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 authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different fro m 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):  Food additives, egg  
products, edible vinegars and infant foods  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Public Notice (food 
No. 1051301491) issued by Ministry of Health and Welfare: "Draft Amendment to Food 
Businesses Shall Establish Traceability System of Food Pr oducts" (8 pages, in English; 
6 pages, 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 19 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 egg products, edible vinegars and infant foods) of food 
businesses to esta blish the traceability system.  
Besides, to strengthen the management of food additives products, the implementation 
date of requirements for certain scales of food additives importers and manufacturers with 
business registration, company registration or factory registration to use electronic uniform 
invoices will advance from 1 January 2019 to 1 January 2018.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgen t problems where applicable: 
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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 Prod ucts and (4) Food Businesses Shall Establish 
Traceability System of Food Products ( Public Notice (food No.1041302792) issued by 
Ministry of Health and Welfare) . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 20 17, 1 January 2018, or 1 January 2019, 
depending on the categories and sc ales 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  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:  
TPKM -WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No.4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.  
Zhongzh eng Dist.  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel: (886 -2) 33435191  
Fax: (886 -2) 23431804  
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw   
https://members.wto.or g/crnattachments/2016/TBT/TPKM/16_4405_00_x.pdf   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/TPKM/16_4405_00_e.pdf