Regulation of imported beef and beef products from Sweden 
(draft) 
(TRANSLATION) 
(In the case of any divergence in the translation, the Chinese text shall prevail.) 
 
1. Requirements for Beef 
i. Only beef derived from cattle and raised in Sweden or from 
cattle born in a country deemed e ligible by Taiwan to export beef 
and raised in Sweden for at leas t 100 days prior to slaughter in 
Sweden will be considered e ligible to export to Taiwan. 
ii. Only beef derived from cattle less than 30 months of age ( Bos 
taurus  and Bos indicus ). 
iii. Only beef from meat establishm ents registered with, monitored 
by and subject to the auditing program of the National Food 
Agency (NFA) in Swed en. Sweden will provide a list of such 
meat establishments to Taiwan’s authorities for examination and approval in advance of  the export. Taiwan will be informed of 
any amendment of such a list of meat establishments before the 
export of amended meat establis hment by the NF A, through the 
Swedish Trade and Invest Council in Taipei or another institution 
representing Sweden. 
iv. The beef will be derived from cattle that were slaughtered in 
accordance with the applicable S wedish and EU legislation, and 
have passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection under the  
supervision of a veterinarian. The following items should be 
confirmed by the veterinarian: 
(i) The ages of cattle at the tim e of slaughter, birthplace and 
place of raising; 
(ii) The beef will be de rived from cattle that were not subjected 
to a stunning process, prior to slaughter, with a device 
injecting compressed air or gas in to the cranial cavity, or to a 
pithing process; 
(iii) The beef does not contain special risk materials (SRMs); any 
mechanically recovered me at (MRM), mechanically 
separated meat (MSM), or advanced meat recovery (AMR)  
derived from cattle skull and ve rtebral column, or any tissue 
or parts derived from cattle 30 months of age or over at the 
time of slaughter. 
2. “Special risk materials (SRMs)” means: 
i. The distal ileum of the small inte stine and the tonsils from cattle 
of all ages, and 
ii. The brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal  ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral 
column (excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the transverse 
processes of the thoracic and lumbar  vertebrae, and the wings of 
the sacrum), and dorsal root ganglia from cattle 30 months of age 
or older. 
iii. The parts that are defined as SR Ms according to EU regulations. 
3. Shipments of beef will be accomp anied by certificates issued by the 
NFA, which must include the following information: 
i. Birthplace and country of raisi ng of the cattle from which the  
beef is derived; 
ii. Name of the product (including species), number of packages 
and weight (net weight) listed by each final processing plant; 
iii. Names, addresses, and est ablishment numbers of the 
slaughterhouse, meat processing  plant, and storage facility; 
iv. Slaughtering period and/or processing period (dd/mm/yy- 
dd/mm/yy) ； 
v. Name and addresses of the co nsignor and the consignee; 
vi. Date, place of issue, and author ity by which the export certificate 
was issued, and the name and signatu re of the veterinary officer; 
and 
vii. Container number and seal number; 
viii. States ”the beef is derived from cattle that  were less than 30 
months of age” 
ix. States “the beef is derived from cattle that  were slaughtered in 
establishments certified by the NFA as eligible to export beef to 
Taiwan and that passed ante-m ortem and post-mortem inspection 
under the supervision of a NFA veterinarian”. 
4. In the event that an additional case of BSE occurs in Sweden, the NFA 
will immediately inform the Taipei Mission in Sweden or the Swedish 
Trade and Invest Council in Taipei of  the case and provide results of 
an investigation and all informa tion about food safety monitoring 
enhancement measures for the BAPH IQ or TFDA. If the additional 
case of BSE results in the OIE recognizing an adverse change in the 
classification of the BSE status of Sweden, Taiwan could suspend  
importation of beef from Sweden a nd conduct on-site audits before 
receiving the results of the ca se investigation from Sweden. 
5. Taiwan could conduct necessary cont rol measures and requirements to 
restrict the imports according to  relevant regulations, including, 
i. In the event of serious non-comp liance by a meat establishment 
in Sweden, the NFA or another in stitution representing Sweden 
will immediately notify Taiwan  and control the serious 
non-compliant product for export to Taiwan. If Sweden does not 
immediately notify Taiwan or c ontrol the serious non-compliant 
product for export to Taiwan , Taiwan could suspend the 
importation of beef and be ef products from the meat 
establishment before the NFA de termines that appropriate 
corrective and preventative of products measures have been 
taken and provides information to Taiwan.  
ii. Taiwan could conduct on-site in spection of meat establishments 
that export products to Taiwan. When a case of serious 
non-compliance has been found as  a result of the on-site 
inspection, Taiwan could suspen d importation of beef and beef 
products from the meat esta blishment before the NFA is 
informed of the findings, determin es that appropriate corrective 
and preventative of products me asures have been taken, and 
provides information to Taiwan. 
iii. In order to ensure import product that are in compliance with 
regulations, the inspector at the port of entry may seek 
clarification through the importer for corrected and/or suppliant 
documents.