. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/TPKM/96/Add.1 
12 August 2011  
 (11-4034) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum 
  
 The following communication, dated 3 August 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Separate Cu stoms Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.  
 
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TITLE:   I. Announcement of extra label items of plastic food utensils, food containers, food packaging 
designated by the central competent authority in a public notice. These label items shall conspicuously 
be indicated in Chinese and common symbols. 
 
II.  Announcement of items and implementation date  of plastic food utensils, food containers, 
food packaging.  These items and dates shall be labe lled in accordance with the provisions of Article 
18 of the Act Governing Food Sanitation.  
AGENCY:  Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Executive Yuan. 
 SUMMARY:   I. Announcement of extra label items of plastic food utensils, food containers, food packaging 
designated by the central competent authority in a public notice. These label items shall conspicuously 
be indicated in Chinese and common symbols. 
1. Labelling are as follows: 
(1) Product name. 
(2) Polymer material name. (3) Heat-resisting temperature. 
(4) Place of origin (country). 
(5) Net weight, capacity, quantity or measurem ent. Information shall be indicated in 
metric units; if necessary, it should also be specified in other units. 
(6) Manufacturing date. For product with validity, they shall be specified with the 
effective date or validity period. 
(7) Precautions for use or warning (e.g., microwave or not). But with PVC or PVDC 
products, labels should indicate whether produc t can contact food directly when using 
food with high oil content or high temperature. G/TBT/N/TPKM/96/Add.1 
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  2. The labelling modes are as follows: 
1. The labelling items mentioned above shall be printed, stamped,  embossed or labelled 
on packaging of the smallest selling unit or on the product body. However, for the 
product that are reusable, the polymer materi al name and heat-resisting temperature of 
the main product body shall be printed, st amped or embossed again on the smallest 
selling unit of the main product body. 
2. Label printing and stamping methods sha ll be principally colorfast and adhesive. 
3. For date labelling, it shall be marked in  a way that is customarily decipherable of 
year/month/date or year/month. For indication in year/month, it is presumed that the product is made at the end of that particular month. 
4. The length and width of the characters marked on the labels shall not be less than two 
millimetres. 
5. If a product is composed of more than two kinds of polymer materials, they shall all 
be clearly labelled. 
6. No falsehood is allowed in the labelling contents. 
II. Announcement of items and implementation date  of plastic food utensils, food containers, 
food packaging.  These items and dates shall be labelled in accordance with the provisions of 
Article 18 of the Act Governing Food Sanitation. 
1. Items: 
(1) The specified plastic food utensils, c ontainers and packages means plastic bottles 
(cups), feeding bottles, and lunch boxes (incl uding crispers) that are used repeatedly. 
(2) Disposable plastic food packaging containers and utensils. 
2. The implementation date is b ased on the manufacturing date for: 
(1) Plastic bottles (cups), feeding bottles, a nd lunch boxes (including crispers) that are 
used repeatedly: one year after promulgation. 
(2) Disposable plastic food packaging c ontainers and utensils: two years after 
promulgation. 
Comments should be sent to:  
 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) 2343-1801 Fax:  (886-2) 2343-1804 E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
 
and available through:  http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/TPKM/11_2623_00_e.pdf  
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/TPKM/11_2623_01_e.pdf  
 
  
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