英文摘要 |
To meet the requirement of food safety, food utensils, containers and packaging, and related businesses should comply with the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation and its related regulations. With the enforcement of regulations, all parts of society can submit comments through the service mailbox of Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare website. There were 897 cases received from the mailbox from 2014 to 2018. This article analyzed the types of materials, types of cases and their time-dependent changes. The results demonstrate that plastics (617 cases, 68.8%) and labeling regulations (492 cases, 54.8%) were the major types of cases, and the numbers of cases peaked at 2016- 2017. Major types of cases included “food business registration” type: determination of regulated objects, filling logic of registration system and other operative problem of the registration system, “regulation on good hygiene practices”: health examination requirement, record requirement and others, “labeling”: questions for specific labeling items, determination of labeling regulation objects and questions for labeling methods and “other sanitation management”: questions for selection, suitability or usage, other sanitation regulations and testing regulations. The number of food business registration and labeling cases decreased in 2018, which could imply as the outcome of multiple measured such as propaganda and postmarket inspections in action. With various follow-up communication approaches, the businesses are led to introduce necessary management measures, so as to safeguard the food safety and sanitation for the society as a whole. |