Taipei Times
Date: Dec 26, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday launched its annual Lunar New Year food
Food and Drug Administration officials in Taipei yesterday hold signs explaining the agency’s plans for its annual Lunar New Year food inspections.
Photo: Wu Liang-yi, Taipei Times
Food is an important part of family reunions, get-togethers with friends and gift-giving during next month’s Lunar New Year holiday, the FDA said, adding that the inspections aim to ensure public food safety.
E-commerce platforms that sell popular holiday food products, manufacturers of gourmet gift products, supermarkets and hypermarkets, retailers at holiday markets and traditional markets, and restaurants that provide Lunar New Year dishes for dine-in or take-out would be inspected, the agency said.
“We will consider various aspects during this year’s inspections, and will inspect 1,300 items at 270 locations, which we believe amounts to complete coverage that can ensure food safety,” FDA Director-General Wu Shou-mei (吳秀梅) said. [FULL STORY]
