Regulations Governing Traceability of Foods and Relevant Products｜第 5 條｜Food and Drug Administration｜Regulation｜In Force
衛生福利部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2018-10-03
Food businesses that engage in the import of the foods and relevant products shall establish traceability system including at least the following management items s: 1. Product Information: (1) Chinese and English (foreign) product name; (2) main and minor raw materials; (3) food additives; (4) packaging containers; (5) storage conditions; (6) employer identification number and food business registration number; (7) name or factory code,address, contact person and contact phone number of the exporter and manufacturer (slaughter or responsible company of the export country) ; (8) net weight, volume, quantity or measurement; (9) lot/batch number; (10) expiry date, manufacture date or other recognizable date or information about the source of the product; (11) date of customs release; (12) application number for import food and relevant products inspection; and (13)country of origin of raw material. 2. Identification: including any unique mark, lot/batch number, text or picture that is identifiable on products 3. Product flow information: (1) name, food business registration number, address, contact person and contact telephone number of the product transporting distributor; (2) name, address, contact person and contact telephone number of the product recipient besides natural person; in the case of that is food business, the food business registration number shall be included; (3) product name; (4) net weight, volume, quantity or measurement; (5) lot/batch number; (6) expiry date or manufacture date or other recognizable date or information about the source of the raw materials; (7) delivery date; and (8) name, total weight or total capacity, reason and follow-up measure of recall products, sales returned products and inferior products ; name and address of product-returning businesses. 4. Name, total weight or total capacity of inventory products. 5. Name, total weight or total capacity, follow-up measure and the cause of materials and products that discard (including passed their expiry date). 6. Other necessary information or record for internal traceability system management with effective connection for tracing the source and tracking the flow. The information of food business registration number mentioned in the Item 6 of Subparagraph 1, Item 1 and 2 of Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph, shall mean that the food business registration number information for those food businesses designated by the central competent authority in a public announcement shall be retained. The information of country of origin of raw material mentioned in the Item 13 of Subparagraph 1 of the Paragraph 1 shall mean that the country of origin information for those raw materials in food products required to be labeled designated by the central competent authority in a public announcement shall be retained. Item 8 of Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 and Subparagraph 4 shall be implemented on 1 January 2019.