Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation Article 35

For the management and control of foods with a higher degree of safety risk, the central competent authority may perform systematic audits before the importation thereof.The regulations governing the scope of products, procedures, and other relevant matters for the systematic audits referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.According to the needs for source control or due to a specific food sanitation and safety incident, the central competent authority may send personnel abroad to conduct on-site verification of the sanitation and safety management of the imported foods.When food business operators import food additive combinations, they shall attach product ingredients report issued by the manufacturer or responsible entity in the country of origin and official sanitary certificate issued by the export country for the verification of the competent authority at all levels. However, this regulation shall not apply to flavoring agents.