If found profiting over NT$10 mil. from food products that are hazardous to public health, a business will lose its license
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/09
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration has just introduced
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much stricter penalties for businesses found to be in violation of health codes.
The new regulations announced in late 2017 deal with expired goods, products containing insecticides, traces of radiation or industrial additives, as well as unsanitary packaging.
The potential penalties for violating the new regulations are among the strongest the FDA has ever enforced.
According to a report, FDA Division Chief Hsiao Hui-Wen stated that a business found to be in violation of the regulations, and who have profited over NT$10 million (US$ 333,000) from products that are deemed hazardous to the public’s health may be immediately shut down, and their company removed from the country’s business registry. [FULL STORY]