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Article 1.	These Regulations are established pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 27 of the Law Governing Food Sanitation.
Article 2.	These Regulations are applied to the inspection of the health safety and quality of foods, additives, food utensils, food containers, food packages or food detergent to be imported
The inspection described in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the provisions of Article 27 of the Law Governing Food Sanitation.   Products described in first paragraph shall be announced related product catalogue.   Products described in first paragraph shall be that announced as in the related product catalogue by the competent authority.   The inspection of re-imported products shall be operated in accordance with the operation procedure that stipulated by competent authority.     Article 3. The importer (inspection applicant) shall have and submit the following written or electronic document to the inspection enforcement authority to carry out the inspection:   1. Application form. 2. Basic information report of importing foods. 3. Duplicate of importing report 4. Necessary certificates that required by the competent authority in the case that concerns regarding health security arise.   Each document or certificate that mentioned in preceding paragraph shall be corrected and completed; before the importer submitted the correct and complete documentation that mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, the inspection acceptance shall be suspended by the inspection authority.     Article 4. Products applied for inspection shall not be approved for import unless such products are verified to conform to the relevant provisions of the Law Governing Food Sanitation, exempt of the following situations:   1. Where in respect of the products to be imported are issued with a certificate of inspection by the government of the country of origin which has signed an inspection waiver reciprocity agreement with the government of the Republic of China; 2. Where the products are to be imported for own use by personnel of a foreign country's embassy or consulate in the Republic of China or persons entitled to diplomatic immunity; 3. Where an article is to be imported for own use/non-sale, commercial sample, exhibition or R&D and testing purposes, and the amount or quantity of the products to be imported does not exceed the maximum limit as has been prescribed by the competent authority for inspection waiver purposes or waiver of inspection has been duly approved by the competent authority or inspection enforcement authority     Article 5. Inspection prescribed in these Regulations can be implemented with 3 following procedures:   1. Documentation review: To review the application form and documentation necessary for application of inspection by inspectors; 2. On-site certification: To inspect the commodities stocked up on site by inspectors with regard to measures such as item checkup, package appearance and labeling; and 3. Sampling examination: To acquire a proper number or amount of samples by inspectors that shall be submitted to inspection facilities for sensory, chemical, organism or physical examination.     Article 6. The competent authority is able to carry out the following methods for the inspection of foods to be imported in accordance with their risk level of breaching the Law Governing Food Sanitation:   1. Batch-by-batch inspection: After application of inspection, and carried out the documentation review, on-site certification and sampling by the inspection enforcement authority, and then submitted the product samples to the inspection facility that appointed and approved by the competent authority to carry out the inspection. The importer shall bear the inspection fee. However, if the results of inspection conform to the criteria, and then the inspection enforcement authority shall issue the import notice. 2. Selective batch inspection: After application of inspection and carried out the documentation review, the inspection enforcement authority shall carry out the selective batch inspection. The rate of regular selective batch inspection is around 2% to 5%, and the rate of enforced selective batch inspection is around 20% to 50%. The batches selected shall be not imported unless the results< Total 0 Page(s) / Page 1 / Jump to: Select year: All 0   FAS Home | USDA.gov | Economic Research Service (ERS) | World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) | Trade Links | Site Map FOIA | Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Statement | Information Quality | FirstGov | White House Technical Support：Flying Studio