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20 March 2020  
(20-2237) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS  TERRITORY OF TAIWAN , PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  
Ministry of Health and Welfare  
No.161 -2, Kunyang St., Nangang Dist.  
Taipei City 115 -61, Taiwan  
Tel.: (886 -2) 2787 -8000 ext. 7395  
Fax: (886 -2) 2653 -1062 
E-mail: linlee7@fda.gov.tw  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food for 
human consumption; ICS: 67.040 . 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Food Labeling: 
Draft Regulations Governing if the word " Health" as part of the food product name, it is 
identified as easy to mislead ing. (1 page(s), in English; 1 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  Based on the provision of paragraph 4 of Article 28 of Act 
Governing  Food Safety and Sanitation, the Ministry of Health and Welfare  (MOHW) is 
proposing to announce that  if the word "health" as part of the food product name, it is 
identified as misleading. However, this regulation shall not apply to food product 
that obtains health food permit. The draft announce is to avoid consumers having a 
misleading healthier imagination  for the food that  has a ''health'' word in its name.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2022  G/TBT/N/TPKM/408  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
No. 4, Sec. 1, Jinan Rd.,  
Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 1 00, Taiwan  
Tel.: (886 -2) 3343 -5140 
Fax: (886 -2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020 /TBT/TPKM/20_2046_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/TPKM/20_2046_00_e.pdf  
 