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On October 8, 2025, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration announced a significant amendment for the Food Business Operators Shall Mandatorily Make a Food Safety Monitoring Plan, Conduct Tests and Meet the Minimum Testing Frequency Cycle and Other Relevant Matters. These changes aim to enhance food safety oversight and expand the scope of businesses required to comply with monitoring and testing requirements. The amendments are effective immediately, with phased implementation timelines for specific business categories.
Key Amendments
1. Expanded Scope of Food Safety Monitoring Plans
Business Type | Capital Threshold | RequiredItems for the Food Safety Monitoring Plan | Implementation Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Manufacturing, Processing, and Preparation Businesses | Between NT$20 million and NT$30 million and more than five employees |
| January 1, 2026 (115) |
Between NT$10 million and NT$20 million and more than five employees | January 1, 2027 (116) | ||
Below NT$10 million and more than five employees | January 1, 2028 (117) | ||
Businesses with only commercial, company, or tax registration, or agricultural product processing registration, and a capital of NT$3 million or more | January 1, 2026 (115) | ||
Importers | Importers of shell eggs, peanuts and their products, or other foods/food additives under the same CCC Code, that have been found non-compliant in border inspections twice |
| January 1, 2026 (115) |
Notably, if the content of the plan is revised, the original version must be kept for at least five years from the date of amendment.
2. Enhanced Testing Requirements
The amendment expands the categories of food business operators that are required to conduct regular inspections. It specifies the testing items, minimum testing frequencies, and implementation timelines to strengthen food safety monitoring. These changes will take effect on January 1, 2026.
Business Type | Food category | Testing items and minimum testing frequency cycle |
|---|---|---|
Manufacturing, Processing, and Preparation Businesses | Food or food additives are found non-compliant twice in random inspections conducted by the health authority | Testing for the failed item shall be conducted at least once per batch or per quarter. |
Importers | Shell eggs | Each batch or every quarter shall be tested at least once for residues of veterinary drugs or other food safety management items designated based on health and safety risk assessments. |
Peanuts and their products | Each batch or every quarter shall be tested at least once for mycotoxins, pesticide residues, heavy metals, microorganisms, or other food safety management items designated based on health and safety risk assessments. | |
Foods and food additives under the same CCC Code that have failed border inspection for the same testing item twice | For items found non-compliant, testing for the failed item shall be conducted at least once per batch or per quarter. |
The term "same testing item" as referred to above includes any of the following categories:
"Pesticide residues," "veterinary drug residues," "food additives," "microorganisms," "heavy metals," "mycotoxins," "other contaminants and toxins," "radioactive substances or radionuclide contamination," "toxic or harmful substances or foreign materials injurious to human health," or "use of unapproved food additives."
In addition, testing must be conducted using methods designated by the central competent authority or internationally recognized, with samples collected within Taiwan. Inspection records shall be retained for at least five years.
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