. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TPKM/41 
13 December 2006 
 (06-5980) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Department of Health 
100 Ai-Kuo East Road Taipei 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: +886-2-2321 0151  
Fax:   +886-2-2396 8847 E-mail:  fssll@doh.gov.tw 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Pre-packaged Foods 
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:   Proposed requirement 
for labelling country of origin on pre-pack aged foods under the Act Governing Food 
Sanitation (2 pages in Chinese, English translation available). 
6. Description of content:   Article 17 of the Act Governing Food Sanitation sets out the 
information to be labelled on food products.  In  response to requests made by consumers for 
information on the country of origin of food pr oducts, the Department of Health intends to 
require that pre-packaged foods be labelled c ountry of origin on the container or packaging 
in a conspicuous manner and the font shall not  be smaller than 2mm in width and length. 
Where the full address (including the country name) of the manufacturer is labelled 
conspicuously on the packaging, it shall be de emed to comply with the requirement and 
country of origin needs not to be additionally la belled.  The labelling of country of origin on 
imported foods shall comply with the Regulati ons Governing the Dete rmination of Country 
of Origin of an Import Good announced by the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economic Affairs. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer information 
8. Relevant documents:   Act Governing Food Sanitati on, Regulations Governing the 
Determination of Country of Origin of an Import Good. G/TBT/N/TPKM/41 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }1 November 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point 
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection Ministry of Economic Affairs 
4, Chinan Road, Section 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan 
Telephone: (+886-2) 3343-5115 
Fax:  (+886-2) 2343-1804 E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw 
The English translations of the regulatory texts are available at: 
For Act Governing Food Sanitation 
http://www.doh.gov.tw/EN/Webpage/content. aspx?Lmenu=Lmenu5&Rmenu=&class_no=2
48&now_fod_list_no=248&a rray_fod_list_no=&level_no= 1&doc_no=40116&show=show 
For Regulation s Governing the Determination of  Country of Origin of an Import Good:  
http://doca.mof.gov.tw/ct.asp?x Item=26185&ctNode=99&mp=2