The samples required for inspection may be taken free-of-charge from the Obligatory Inspection Applicants by the inspection authority, but the amount of sampling shall be limited to the requirement of examination and sample retention purposes.
After collecting the samples, the authority shall issue a receipt for sampling to the Obligatory Inspection Applicants.

Verifying and sampling of inspection shall conduct in the place where the products were stored. If the products were shipped in full container load, which shall be verifying and sampling in the centralized inspection area of port or where be approved by TFDA, but if it takes too long or has other difficult situations, TFDA shall ask to open container for warehouse delivery.
During the verifying and sampling in preceding paragraph, Obligatory Inspection Applicants shall cooperate accordingly and cannot appoint any specific sample.

Examination shall be conducted in the order of sampling. However, the inspection authority shall first inspect products that applied for re-examination according to these regulations.