G/TBT/N/TPKM/207  
 
19 June 2015  
(15-3184)  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 7391 Fax: (886-2) 2653-1062 E-mail: juliayeh@fda.gov.tw  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Edible oils and fats, 
meat products, dairy products, seafood products, lunch box, food additives, materials of 
genetically modified foods, soybeans, wheat, maize(corn), wheat flour, starches, food grade 
salts, sugars, tea leaves, prepackaged tea drinks or soybean products  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Public Notice (food 
No.1041301020) issued by Ministry of Health an d Welfare: "Draft of Food Businesses Shall 
Establish Traceability System of Food Products" (5 pages, in English; 4 pages, in Chinese)  
6. Description of content: Based on Article 9 of the Act Governing Food and Safety 
Sanitation, the MOHW regulates that the food businesses shall establish traceability system of food products. In current regulati on, food importers and manufactures of edible 
oil and fat have been required to establish traceability system since 31 October 2014, and 
food importers and manufactures of meat products, dairy products, seafood products, lunch box, food additives and materials of ge netically modified foods, since 5 February 
2015. Moreover, in this draft food importers and manufactures of soybeans, wheat, maize 
(corn), wheat flour, starches, food grade salts and sugars also shall establish traceability system.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information  
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 and (4) Food Businesses Shall Establish 
Traceability System of Foods and Relevant Products [Public Notice (food No.1031302873) G/TBT/N/TPKM/207 
 
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  issued by Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare]. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 31 July 2015 
10. Final date for comments: 40 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
TPKM WTO/TBT Enquiry Point 
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  Ministry of Economic Affairs 
4 Chinan Road, Section 1 
Taipei City 100, Taiwan Tel: (886 2) 3343-5191 Fax: (+886 2) 2343 1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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