Food businesses should apply for registration of certification requirements in the food sanitation and safety management accreditation and certification information system of the central competent authority. The following documents and/or information should accompany the certification application filed with the certification body designated by the information system:
1.Basic information and workplace configuration diagram of the applicant;
2.Sanitation and safety management system related documents and/or information;
3.Other documents and/or information as specified by the central competent authority.
Where the application documents and/or information, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, fail to meet the regulatory requirements or prove to be incomplete, the certification body shall issue a notification requiring the food business to submit missing documents or supplementary information within thirty days of notice. In case of failure to do so after deadline has elapsed, the application will not be entertained.
The food businesses provided in Paragraph 1 shall pay the certification fee to the certification body as stated in the notification of the certification body within 30 days from the day following the notification. In case of failure to pay the fee, the application will not be entertained.

The certification body shall conduct documentary review and on-site assessment on the food businesses applying for certification.
Where deficiencies or questions are identified during the documentary review and on-site assessment, the certification body shall immediately notify and order the food business to institute remedies within a given deadline. Where deficiencies or questions are still found after remedial measures have been instituted, the certification body may send another notification to demand remedy within a given deadline; however, the notification shall be reissued no more than once.
The certification body shall set a schedule for implementation of the respective processes of every stage of procedures stated in Paragraph 1 and shall ensure that total implementation period of the aforementioned procedures shall be completed within three months. However, the period in which the food business shall require for implementation of remedial measures shall not be included in the process completion period count.

Presence of any of the following circumstances during the review and assessment procedures referred in the preceding article shall entitle the certification body to deny application:
1.Production or manufacturing process of the food business fails to meet requirements of the Act and its related regulations.
2.Inability to implement the on-site assessment within the three-month period following the documentary review for factors or fault of the food business.
3.Failure to complete the certification procedure within the six-month period following acceptance of application for factors or fault of the food business.
A copy of the notification for denial of application decided pursuant to the foregoing paragraph shall be furnished to the central competent authority.

The certification body shall issue a certificate to the food businesses granted certification; said certificate shall be valid for a period of three years.

The following information shall be manifested on the certification certificate:
1.Name and person-in-charge of the food business;
2.Address of the manufacturer;
3.Scope of certification;
4.Serial number of certification;
5.Period of validity of certification;
6.Name of the certification body;
7.2D Barcode for identification.
Format of the certification certificate, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall be as shown in the attached form.
In the event of changes in items stated from Subparagraph 1 to Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1, the food business is required to process the amendment application with the certification body within fifteen days from the following day of the date change is effected. Where circumstances require, the certification body may require processing of a new certification application.
The food business shall file a new certification application if the address of manufacturer stated in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 is changed. However, the requirement does not apply to the doorplate reorganization or administrative division adjustment.

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A food business shall not indicate any words, graphics or barcode demonstrating its certification status on the product container or outer packaging.

The certification body is required to conduct at least one follow-up examination on the food businesses that have passed certification within the period of validity of certification.
The certification body may conduct the follow-up examination stated in the preceding paragraph without giving prior notice to the food businesses.

In case of any of the following actions by a certified food business, the certification body or the central competent authority is entitled to revoke or invalidate the certification granted to the food business and demand the return of the certification certificate. The central competent authority may issue a directive to the pertaining certification body to attend to the foregoing matter.
1.Submission of false or inaccurate document or information for the acquisition of certification;
2.Proven commitment of a violation of provisions defined in the Act and its related laws and regulations, and violation is of a serious scale.
A copy of the notification for revocation or invalidation of certification imposed pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be furnished to the central competent authority.

Under one of the following circumstances, where violation of a food business is of a serious scale or where the food business fails to complete implementation of remedial measures within the prescribed deadline notified by the certification body, the certification body shall revoke the certification of the food business and demand return of its certification certificate:
1.Failure to maintain compliance with the provisions of the sanitation and safety management system.
2.Evasion and obstruction of the implementation of or refusal to implement the follow-up examination conducted by the certification body or the witness assessment conducted by the central competent authority.
3.Violation of the Article 18.
A copy of the notification for invalidation of certification imposed pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be furnished to the central competent authority.

A food business applying for a new certification application shall submit the documents and/or information and file the application with the certification body designated by the information system six to eight months prior to the expiration of certification, and the provisions from Article 13 to Article 16 shall apply mutatis mutandis.