Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation｜第 15 條｜Food and Drug Administration｜Act｜In Force
第 四 章｜衛生福利部 / 食品藥物管理署｜v108.06.12
Last Amended: 2019-06-12
Foods or food additives with any one of the following circumstances shall not be manufactured, processed, prepared, packaged, transported, stored, sold, imported, exported, presented as a gift or publicly displayed: 1. those that have deteriorated or rotten; 2. those that are unripe and thus harmful to human health; 3. those that are toxic or contain substances or foreign materials that are harmful to human health; 4. those that are contaminated by pathogenic organisms, or identified through epidemiological surveys as causes of food poisoning events; 5. those with pesticide or veterinary drugs residue exceeding the permissible tolerance; 6. those that have been contaminated by and contain nuclear fallout or radioactivity exceeding the permissible tolerance; 7. those that have been adulterated or counterfeited; 8. those that have passed their expiry date; 9. those that have never been consumed by humans domestically and have not been proven to be harmless to human health; or 10. those that contain additives not approved by the central competent authority. The standards governing the permissible tolerance of pesticide or veterinary drugs residue, and the nuclear fallout or radioactivity mentioned in Subparagraphs 5 and 6 of the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority through consultation with the relevant authorities. Substances harmful to human health mentioned in Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 includes skulls, brains, eyes, spinal marrow, ground beef, viscera and other related products from non-epidemic areas and countries still having Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or New Variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease cases in past ten years. Beta-agonists shall not be detected via tests in domestic and foreign meat products and other meat-related products, with the exception that the central competent authority may set a permissible tolerance of Beta-agonists after assessing risks in accordance with the citizens’ dietary habits. In the event of food poisoning caused by consumption of meat products containing Beta-agonists of a permissible tolerance, the importation of meat products containing Beta-agonists shall be suspended immediately. If said domestic food poisoning case is confirmed, the government shall take responsibility to health care for such victims and assist them in seeking compensation from the attributable entities.