Categories and Items of Organic Agricultural Products and 
In-conversion Agricultural Products  
 
Legislative history  
1. This table was promulgated by the Council of Agriculture on June 5, 2019 per Order 
Nung -Liang -Tzu-Tze 1081069460A.  
 
Category  Item  Scope of Product (or description)  
Crops  Rice Paddy  
Cereals and 
Pulses  Barley, wheat, oat, sorghum, sweet 
potato, soy bean,  field corn, peanut, 
mung  bean, Adzuki bean, buckwheat, 
millet , red quinoa , black soy bean, 
hyacinth bean , millet, sesame, pine nut, 
sunflower seed, pumpkin seed, linseed, 
chickpea, rice bean, pinto bean,  triticale , 
etc. 
Brassica 
Vegetables 
excluding Leafy 
and Flowering 
Vegetables  Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, head  lettuce,  
cos lettuce, butterhead lettuce , head  
mustard , etc. 
Short -term 
Vegetable s Chinese mustard ( bok choy,  rape, pak 
choi, etc.), Chinese kale, Chinese celery, 
water spinach, spinach, lettuce, crown  
daisy, chard , green  garlic, green onion, 
leek, bud chive, cabbage sprout, sweet 
potato leave, amaranth, leafy radish, 
chicory, common white basella , Taiwan 
velvet plant, Gynura, purslane, Chinese 
parsley , chayot leaf, rocket leaf, 
mountain  celery, celery, vegetable fern,  
basil, perilla, pea shoot , etc. 
Stem , Stalk, 
Root and Tuber 
Vegetables  Radish, carrot, ginger, onion, potato, 
bamboo shoot, asparagus, water 
bamboo, taro, lappa, water chestnut, 
lotus root, Chinese yam, kohlrabi (sprout), big stem mustard (stem 
mustard), stem lettuce, cherry belle 
radish, beetroot, garlic  bulb, etc. 
Flower ing 
Vegetable s Cauliflower, broccoli, daylily, etc.  
Edible Fung i Shiitake , button mushroom, straw 
mushroom,  winter mushroom, Jew’s ear 
(wood ear) , king oyster mushroom, etc.  
Fruit ing 
Vegetable s Tomato, eggplant, bell pepper  (including 
green pepper), chili, edible corn, okra 
(lady’s finger) , etc.  
Cucurbit  
Vegetables  Cucumber,  bitter melon, loofah, Chinese 
wax gourd , pumpkin, chayote, bottle 
gourd, etc.  
Legume 
Vegetables  Pea, young soybean, Hyacinth Bean, 
cowpea, Kentucky wonder pole beans, 
lima bean (duffin bean), kidney bean, 
etc. 
Edible Sprout s  Seed sprout s that are  produced by 
sprouting of plant seed in dark and used 
as edible vegetable s, such as mung bean 
sprout  and soy bean sprou t. Seed sprout s 
that are produced in water throughout 
the growing period  by sprouting  of plant 
seeds  and greening  treatment , such as 
cabb age sprout, pea sprout  and radish  
sprout.  
Melon Fruits Water melon, melon,  muskmelon , 
honeydew melon , etc. 
Large Berries  Banana, papaya, pineapple, kiwi fruit, 
custard apple, avocado (Persea 
Americana), dragon fruit, passion fruit, 
abiu (caimito), fig , etc. 
Small Berries  Grape, strawberry, star fruit, wax apple, 
guava , etc. 
Stone Fruits  Mango, longan , lichee, loquat, waxberry, 
date, red jujube , etc. 
Pome  Fruits  Apple, pear, peach, plum, prune, cherry, jujube, persimmon , etc. 
Citrus  Fruits   Tangerine, lemon, pomelo, grape fruit, 
orange, lime , etc. 
Tea Fresh tea lea ves 
Coffee   Fresh coffee fruit  
Sugar Canes Edible cane, sugarcane , etc. 
Tree Nuts Coconut, almond, pecan, chestnut, 
walnut, cashew nut, hazel nut , etc. 
Seed s 
(Seedling s)  Seed, seedling , ramet , etc. 
Forage Crops Pangolagrass , napiergrass, forage corn, 
etc. 
Self-produced 
Agricultural 
Processed 
Product s Products p roduced by simple processing  
farmers’ self-produced  organic 
agricultural ingredient in ways such as 
drying, sun dry, air dry, blanching, 
roasting, milling, grinding, shelling  or 
simple cutting , with no additives added.  
Such as  dried vegetable, dried 
mushroom, dr ied daylily, dried Jew’s ear  
(dried wood ear ), and  Chinese wax  
gourd  cut. 
Others  Jewel orchid , houseleek, Asia mugwort, 
Acathopanax root, Formosan Fig Tree, 
bread fruit, Oldham Elaeagnus, pig 
thigh , Formosan beauty -berry, moringa 
tree, Goji berry , guava leaf, alfalfa, 
Indian mulberry, roselle, Brazilian 
fireweed, edible flower , jelly f ig and 
others that cannot be categorized to the 
aforementioned items  
Non-edible 
Crops Australia n Tea Tree  and cotton , etc. Livestock 
product s Meat s Pork , beef, mutton, chicken, duck, and 
other mea ts 
Eggs Chicken  egg, duck egg, quail egg, and 
other egg s 
Aquatic 
products  Alga e Spirulina  (blue alga e), green alga e, 
brown alga e and other alga e products  
Aquatic  
Animals  Tilapia, cobia, grouper, bass, milkfish, 
hard clam, freshwater clam, white 
shrimp, ayu  
Processed 
product s Processed Grain 
Product s Processed products produced from rice, 
wheat and food grain:  
1. Flour, starch, coarse powder, dry raw 
strip, and flask , etc. made from rice, 
wheat, pulse  or tuber ; instant cereal 
products ; or varieties of raw  noodle,  
cooked noodle  and short noodle made 
from  fine powder of cereal. Such as  
wheat flour, soybean flour, barley 
flour, oatmeal, cornstarch, cornmeal, 
sweet potato starch, tapioca starch, 
wholemeal flour, potato flour, wheat 
seedling powder, rice noodle, short 
noodle, noodle, re fined rice cereal 
powder , rice paste, rice porridge, and 
refined oat cereal powder . 
2. Dehulled cereal, fine grinding, 
roasting  and mixed products , such as  
dehulled pea, pea kernel, rye kernel, 
cornflake, corn crisp, barley flake, 
oatmeal flake, bread, confectionery, 
and potato chip.  
Dried Vegetable 
and Fruit 
Product s Processed vegetable and fruit products 
by drying processing  (such as freeze 
drying  and vacuum drying ) with 
associated  equipment  
Canned Food Processed agricultural products sealed 
in metal, glass, sterilized bag, plastics , 
multilayer structure airtight container or other containers conforming to 
aforementioned condition. These 
products are sterilized before or after 
sealing and can be preserved under 
room temperature for a long period  of 
time. Such as  canned corn kernel, 
vegetable and fruit  puree , puree for baby 
or infant, vegetable  bouillon cube , 
vegetable chowder, broth and stock . 
Chilled or 
Frozen Food 1. Chilled food:  agricultural processed 
products cooled rapidly and stored 
above freezing point and under 7 ℃. 
Such as  cut and peeled aloe vera, 
peeled sugar cane, sliced winter 
gourd, diced Chinese yam, diced 
tomato, tofu, bamboo for cold dish.  
2. Frozen food:  agricultura l processed 
products frozen rapidly and stored 
under -18℃. Such as  frozen pea 
kernel, vegetable dumpling, and hash 
brown.  
Pickled Food Fruit and vegetable are used according 
to variety of finished products. Salt, 
organic acid or (and) sugar are 
employed to marinate, store or flavor 
directly, ferment, and ripen food, such 
as raisin, dried berry, dried apricot, dried 
apricot, fruit jam, dried tomato, dried 
raspberry, pickles, fermented soybean 
curd, soy sauce pickles,  and vinegar 
pickles.  
Plant Powdery 
Processed 
Product s Ground and smashed agricultural 
products, excluding cereals. Such as  
cocoa powder, peanut powder, cactus 
powder, coconut powder, and Indian 
mulberry powder.  
Tea 
 Semi -made tea, made tea, tea bag, tea 
powder , etc. Coffee  Coffee green bean (peeled, dried), 
coffee bean (baked), coffee powder 
(ground) , etc. 
Natural Plant 
Tea Tea or tea bag made from e dible flower, 
fruit, herbal, fennel, cinnamon and other  
natural plant s, etc. 
Sugar and Its 
Derived 
Products  1. Granulated sugar and other sugar 
products produced from sugar cane, 
beetroot, starch, other ingredients or 
raw sugar. Granulated sugar, sucrose, 
white sugar crystal, brown sugar 
crystal, brown sugar, molasses, 
beetroot molasses, maple syrup , etc. 
2. Varieties of eastern and we stern 
candies, as well as chocolate 
produced from sucrose, fructose, 
maltose, cereal, dried fruit, spice, and 
edible pigment.  
Herbs and Spice 
Plants and Their  
Derived 
Flavorings  1. Herb and s pice plant  and their parts  
after drying and grinding, such as  
rosemary, parsley , thyme leaf, basil 
leaf, oregano leaf, bay, vanilla, spice, 
curry powder, granulated pepper, 
black and white pepper, coriander 
seed powder, garlic powder  and 
cinnamon powder.  
2. Or, formulated flavorings containing 
herbs or spice plants as ingredients , 
such as  table salt, table sauce product, 
vegetable salad (dressing)  and 
flavored vinegar.  
Refined or 
Dried Plants Refined treatment (water treatment, fire 
treatment, water and fire treatment or 
other treatment) or dried plant products, 
such as ginseng fibrous root, aniseed, 
lilac, Chuanchiong, root of herbaceous 
peony, Bai chu, Poriacocos, cinnamon, 
Chinese caterpilla r fungus, tuber of multiflower knotweed, Goji berry , 
Eucommia Bark, Cassia Seed, red 
jujube, Corydalis Tuber, plantain seed, 
psyllium, Radix Rehmanniae  Preparata , 
Alisma  Orientalis , root of Pilose 
Asiabell, curcuma, astragalus, root of 
Chinese angelica, and lotus seed  
Drink  Soy bean drink (milk), vegetable and 
fruit juice, mix juice for baby  and infant, 
wine, tea, non -alcohol drink, fruit 
vinegar , etc. 
Oil Plant oil, like olive oil, peanut oil, salad 
oil, sunflower oil, grape seed oil  and 
cocoa butter.  
Fermented Food Products are produced through 
fermentation of microorganism, such as 
miso, soy sauce,  fermentation liquid , 
and edible vinegar . 
Dairy Product s Fresh milk, milk powder, yogurt, butter , 
cheese, and other dairy products  
Meat Product s Sausage , cured meat, bacon, ham, fried 
pork fiber , dried pork fiber , dried sliced 
meat  and other meat products  
Egg Product s Shell egg product , liquid egg, egg 
powder, and other egg product s 
Alga Products  Alga powder, alga tablet, and other alga 
products  
Processed 
Product s of 
Aquatic Animal  The primary raw materials of aquatic 
processed products from tilapia, cobia, 
grouper, bass, milkfish, hard clam, 
freshwater clam, white shrimp and ayu  
Others  Processed p roducts that cannot be 
categorized into the a forementioned 
items