Chapter 7 Issuance of Certifications
Article 22
After the products applied for inspection conform to the regulations, the inspection authority shall issue a permission notice to the obligatory inspection applicant. Obligatory inspection applicant may also apply to the inspection authority for a written permission notice.
The obligatory inspection applicant can claim remaining samples by presenting the sampling receipt within 15 days after receipt of the notice of inspection results. However, for samples with short shelf life, the inspection authority shall dispose of the samples directly.
Article 23
Products that fail to conform to the regulations, a notification of noncompliance for import food and relevant products shall be issued.
The obligatory inspection applicant can apply for re-examination to the original inspection authority within 15 days upon the receipt of the notification of results. Application for re-examination is limited to one time only and shall be performed by the original inspection authority using remaining samples for the re-examination.
Remaining samples of products that do not conform to regulations shall be destroyed at the end of the period of application for re-examination.
Article 24
Imported products that do not conform to regulations upon inspection shall be disposed of in one of the following ways by the obligatory inspection applicant:
1. Return or destroy.
2. For products do not conform to Article 17 or Article 18 of this Act or violate Paragraph 1 of Article 21 of this Act, the obligatory inspection applicant may apply to TFDA for disinfection, reconditioning or taking the enforcement of appropriate safety measures.
3. For products violate Article 22, Article 24, Article 26, Article 27 or Paragraph 1 of Article 28 of this Act, the obligatory inspection applicant may apply to TFDA for relabeling.
When the obligatory inspection applicant takes appropriate action in accordance with the Subparagraph 2 or 3 of the preceding Paragraph, the TFDA may issue a prior release notice to the obligatory inspection applicant and then takes disinfection, reconditioning, enforcement of appropriate safety measures or relabeling.
If imported products that have been released via a prior release notice fail an inspection, the inspection authority shall order the obligatory inspection applicant to retrieve and take appropriate action in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 of this Article.