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19 October 2021  
(21-7901) 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. 7381  
Fax: +(886 -2) 2653 -1062 
E-mail: pennylin94@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 indi cated 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; Food products in general (ICS 67.040), Prepackaged and prepared 
foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Revised Draft 
of the Regulations on Nutrition Claim for Prepack aged Food Products (16 page(s), in 
English; 13 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  The main proposed revisions to the Regulations on Nutrition 
Claims for Prepackaged Food Products are as follows:  
1. Addition of the scope of the definition and terms;  
2. Revision to the description of nutrient content claims;  
3. Addition of physiological function of nutrients content standard;  
4. Revision to the words of claims made by re -hydration products;  
5. Requirements for liquid products having two or more nutrition claims to add narrative; 
and 
6. Revision to the words of Table 7.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  G/TBT/N/TPKM/469  
 
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  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 2023 for Subparagraphs 4 and 6 of Article 
4 of this regulation, and the date of adoption for other amendments.  
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  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs  
4, Chinan Road, Section 1  
Taipei City 100, Taiwan  
Tel.: (886 -2) 3343 -5140 
Fax: (886 -2) 2343 -1804 
E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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