國際間食品業者食品回收及通報作業程序之比較   全文下載

Comparisons of Food Recall and Notification Mechanisms among International Food Business Operators

衛生福利部食品藥物管理署於2018年訂定「食品業者主動通報作業程序」，讓食品業者可透過食品藥物業者登錄平台，主動向轄區衛生局通報所發現疑似不符合其品管或法規規定之產品，衛生局人員則依產品危害程度安排稽查。食品回收機制在國際上相當常見，歐盟、美、加、紐、澳和亞洲鄰近國家都具有類似的制度，讓主管機關能迅速掌握全國各地的食安風險事件，同時也能針對案件嚴重程度適當調配稽查人力。檢視各國之食品回收機制及規定，大多都著重在於業者須儘速掌握其問題產品之流向與數量，並評估事件風險層級，以及主動通報所在地之食品安全衛生主管機關，由政府核實資訊之正確性及必要性後，公布於官方網站，同時也規定業者須制定回收計畫、定期模擬演練回收及主動通報作業。透過本次分析，國際間主動通報制度，可供我國借鏡及學習。

Taiwan Food and Drug Administration formulated the“Food Business Operators Proactive Notification Operation Procedure”in 2018, which provides guidance for food business operators to report product to health bureaus of jurisdiction through the food and drug industry login platform when their products are found non-compliant in quality control or with regulations, and health bureaus will arrange inspections based on the hazard level of the products. Food recall mechanism is quite common internationally, European Union, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, countries in Asia, all of them have similar systems, of which allowing the competent authorities to quickly grasp food safety risk incidents across the country, and at the same time, it can appropriately allocate inspectors based on the severity of the cases. Reviewing the food recall mechanisms and guidelines in various countries, most of them emphasize the importance of operators to quickly grasp the flow and quantity of their problematic products, assess the risk level of the event, and proactively report to the local health authorities, and the government agencies will verify the accuracy of the information and publish on official website. They also require operators to formulate their own recall plans, conduct regular recall simulation exercises and proactively report operations annually. Through this comparative analysis, we provide directions that our country can learn from international food report systems.