Food companies asked to register with US FDA

This article was from The Taiwan Economic News and published by The Taiwan Headlines on June 24, 2003.

More than 20,000 food processing firms in Taiwan will be required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between October 12 and December 12 this year, according to the Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The measure is aimed at preventing a bioterrorism attack on the United States. The FDA has requested that over 200,000 food processing companies around the world register with the FDA. Those who cannot meet the FDA regulation will be banned from exporting products to the United States.