Agricultural Production and Certification Act Article 3

The terms used in this Act is defined as follows:1. Agricultural products: Any product which is produced or processed as food by utilizing natural resources, agricultural materials and technology, including cultivation, forestry, aquaculture, and animal husbandry or any product promulgated by the central competent authority.2. Operator: Any individual or entity who engages in the production, processing, packaging, distribution or sale of agricultural products.3. Certified agricultural products: Agricultural products certified in accordance with this Act.4. Agricultural product certification mark: The mark used to indicate the agricultural product is certified in accordance with this Act.5. Labeling: Words, graphics, symbols or additional instruction affixed to agricultural products, the containers or packaging thereof.6. Accreditation body: An institution or legal entity which is reviewed and approved by the central competent authority to be qualified for conducting accreditation activities established by this Act.7. Accreditation: The process which the accreditation body undertakes to evaluate the competence of an institution, school or legal entity to provide certification services established by this Act under a contract in private law.8. Certification body: An institution, school or legal entity which is accredited by the accreditation body to provide certification services.9. Certification: The process which the certification body undertakes to assure that the production, processing, packaging or distribution of a specific agricultural product complies with the requirements specified in this Act under a contract in private law with the respective operator.10. QR code of agricultural products: Any agricultural product produced by using domestic materials, processed and packaged domestically, and its traceability information is recorded in the database or system owned by the central competent authority.11. Advertisement: Words, symbols, sounds, graphics, images or other methods used to promote, propagandize or sell agricultural products.
中文原文 農產品生產及驗證管理法第3條
本法用詞,定義如下:
一、農產品:指利用自然資源、農用資材及科技,從事農作、林產、水產、畜牧等生產或加工後供食用之物或其他經中央主管機關公告之物。
二、農產品經營者:指生產、加工、分裝、流通或販賣農產品者。
三、驗證農產品:指依本法驗證合格之農產品。
四、驗證農產品標章:指證明農產品經依本法驗證合格所使用之標章。
五、標示:指於農產品本身、包裝或容器上所為之文字、圖形、記號或附加之說明書。
六、認證機構:指經中央主管機關審查許可,具有執行本法所定認證業務資格之機構或法人。
七、認證:指認證機構與機構、學校或法人以私法契約約定,由認證機構就其是否具經營本法所定驗證業務資格者,予以審查之過程。
八、驗證機構:指經認證合格,得經營驗證業務之機構、學校、法人。
九、驗證:指驗證機構與農產品經營者以私法契約約定,由驗證機構就特定農產品之生產、加工、分裝及流通過程是否符合本法規定,予以審查之過程。
十、溯源農產品:指使用國產原料且於國內生產、加工、分裝,並將可追溯資料登錄於中央主管機關所建系統之農產品。
十一、廣告:指以文字、符號、聲音、圖案、影像或其他方法推廣、宣傳或促銷農產品。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.