The central competent authority shall regularly conduct and publish nutrition surveys, research and build a food nutritional composition database, and may entrust relevant agencies (organizations), schools or nutrition and health-related professional groups to do so.

The central competent authority shall draft recommended nutritional and dietary reference intakes for the people based on gender, age, pregnancy, and childbirth and announce them after seeking consultant in the nutrition advisory meeting.
The standard in the preceding paragraph shall be reviewed and revised at least once every five years.
The central competent authority shall make dietary guidances based on the basis of Paragraph 1 and taking into consideration the differences in people's religious beliefs, regions and cultures.

When establishing social assistance-related plans and administering subsidies, government agencies (organizations) shall take the nutritional issues of the plan and subsidy recipients into consideration to improve underweight, overweight, obesity, chronic diseases or other health conditions caused by malnutrition issues and improving accessibility to acquiring healthy diets.
Government agencies (organizations) shall encourage judicial persons, groups or private organizations that provide in-kindto take the nutritional issues of recipients into consideration when collecting and using in-kind materials or handling other relief programs.
Government agencies (organizations) may consider the needs of remote, indigenous areas and outlying island areas and establish nutrition improvement plans or food supply subsidy plans.

When the central competent authority finds that people lack specific nutrients and are at risk of malnutrition based on the results of nutrition surveys and research in Article 9, they may make nutrition fortification recommendations and encourage food businesses to add specific nutrients to food.
Food businesses that add specific nutrients to food as recommended in the preceding paragraph shall comply with the provisions of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation and its related regulations.