REGULATIONS FOR APPLICATION OF HEALTH FOOD PERMIT Article 5

The central competent authority, upon receiving applications in Article 2, shall conduct a preliminary review of the documents and information submitted by the applicants and may conduct on-site inspections if necessary.If the documents and information in the preceding paragraph are incomplete, the applicants shall, within one month after receiving of the notice of the central competent authority, submit the supplementary documents and information, and may apply for a one-month extension if necessary. The application for extension is limited to one time only. Without submitting the supplementary documents and information within the time limit results in the rejection of the application.Applicants unwilling to accept the rejection of the preliminary review can appeal for relief in either of the following manners:1. Appeal to the central competent authority with reasons claimed within six months from the date following receiving of the notice of the preliminary review results. If rejected, an administrative appeal can be made pursuant to the Administrative Appeal Act.2. Administrative appeal filed directly pursuant to the Administrative Appeal Act within 30 days from the date following receiving of the notice of the preliminary review results.The appeal in accordance with Subparagraph 1 shall not be accepted if an administrative appeal has been filed in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph prior to the appeal, or if both an administrative appeal and an appeal are filed.