Enforcement Rules of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation Article 19

The labeling of pre-packaged foods, food raw materials, food additives and their raw materials shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:1.The length and width of the characters on the label shall not be less than two millimeters. However, where the area of the largest surface of a package is less than 80 square centimeters, characters for items other than the product name, company name, and expiry date, may be less than two millimeters.2.For domestically manufactured products, where labeling includes foreign languages, Chinese shall be the primary language, and any foreign language shall be supplementary.3.For imported products, a Chinese label shall be added in accordance with the provisions of Articles 22 and 24 of this Act before they may be imported. However, for products that require repackaging, sub-packaging, or other processing procedures, such products shall label the product name,company name, and date, or have other labels or information for proof of the authenticity of the items at the time of importation, and the labeling in Chinese shall be completed prior to sale.