Applicants for accreditation as a certification body should be either an administrative institution (body), a college or university, or a non-profit juridical person or organization possessing the following qualifications:
1.Having obtained a food safety management system certification body accreditation (ISO/TS 22003) certificate issued by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) member.
2.Having employed a fulltime auditor possessing at least one of the following qualifications:
(1)Licensed as a food technologist, livestock technologist, aquaculture technologist, dietitian, or veterinarian;
(2)A graduate of one of the following majors, departments, graduate schools or degree programs in a domestic or foreign college or higher educational establishment which meets the assessment and recognition requirements of the Ministry of Education: Food, Nutrition, Domestic Economics, Applied Life Science, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Public Health, or related courses.
The auditor eligible under the Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph shall complete at least sixty hours of food safety control system training classes, possess proper knowledge of food sanitation and safety regulations and other related laws and regulations, and have at least two years of related audit work experience.
The “audit work experience” requirement in the preceding paragraph may be alternatively achieved by the length of service at food factories as professionals, quality control personnel or sanitation control personnel for a maximum of one year.

Applications for accreditation should be submitted to the central competent authority together with the following documents and/or information:
1.A certificate, document and/or information substantiating compliance to the qualifications defined in the preceding article.
2.Organization profile, organizational structure, person-in-charge, department managers, audit personnel, summary of business operations, certification quality management proficiency, and operating procedures.
3.A roster of all directors, supervisors, person-in-charge, chief executive officer, or officers authorized to manage affairs or sign certification reports of the certification body that likewise hold positions in food businesses. The information of the directors and supervisors is not required if the certification body is an institution (body) or a public university.
4.Other documents and/or information required by the central competent authority.
Where the application documents and/or information referred in the preceding paragraph fail to comply with regulations or manifest incomplete information, the central competent authority shall send to the applicant a notice requiring rectification of problem within a given deadline. Where applicant fails to rectify problem after the prescribed deadline, the submitted application will not be entertained.

The central competent authority shall be required to perform a documentary review and on-site assessment on applications received, as stated in preceding article. An accreditation certificate shall be issued to applicants whose applications are found to have qualified after the review and assessment procedures.

An accreditation certificate shall contain the following information:
1.Name and address of the certification body;
2.Full name of the person-in-charge of the certification body;
3.Scope of accreditation;
4.Date of accreditation issuance and the accreditation number;
5.Period of validity of accreditation;
6.Other responsibilities required by the central competent authority.
The validity period of the accreditation certificate, as stated in the preceding paragraph, shall be three years. The certificate body which intends to continuously engage in certification operations shall file an application for renewal at least six to eight months before the date of expiration. The maximum period of extension per application is three years. The provisions of the preceding two articles shall apply mutatis mutandis to the document, information and procedures required for accreditation period extension application.
Upon modification of items listed under Subparagraph 1, Subparagraph 2, and Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1, the certification body is obliged to report said modifications to the central competent authority within fifteen days from the day following the event of said modifications for approval; all modifications shall take effect after official approval. Where the central competent authority shall require, it shall be necessary for applicant to undergo another accreditation procedure for such modifications.