萬國法律事務所

Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration announced on December 30, 2015 that beginning on July 31, 2016, enterprises which operate convenience stores and supermarkets for which the capital amount exceeds NTD 30,000,000 and the chain stores exceed three units, must conduct self-examinations on six kinds of foods sold in the stores at least once every six months. The six kinds of foods include daylily, dried radish, preserved fruits, edible fresh foods, edible site-cooked foods, and fresh vegetables and fruit cut in the stores.

Any such enterprise which operates convenience stores or supermarkets will be subject to an administrative fine ranging from NTD 30,000 to NTD 3,000,000, if it does not comply with the requirement in accordance with the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation.

For daylily, dried radish, and preserved fruits, convenience stores and supermarkets must examine the food for additives such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and saccharin. The stores, convenience stores, and supermarkets must examine edible site-cooked food, such as uden, salads, and meal boxes sold in convenience stores and fresh vegetables and fruit cut in-store to determine whether any indicator bacteria (such as escherichia coli) is present.