Taiwan (TW)

1.1 Import permit

1.2 Establishment registration

1.3 Production of eggs and egg products

Production of shell eggs

Production of egg products

1.4 Labelling and packaging

The labelling requirements for food and food raw materials, including Eggs, are contained in Taiwan's Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation (and its associated enforcement rules).

Current labelling requirements:

• Prior to importation labelling on all containers and external packaging of food and food raw materials must be in Chinese (traditional Chinese characters); any labelling text in the foreign language of the country of origin must be supplementary to the Chinese.
• All labels must specify the product name, weight, volume or quantity of the product, ingredients and additives, manufacturer, country of origin, expiry and nutritional details.
• If the products are to be re-packaged or processed in Taiwan then a temporary Chinese labelling exemption can be applied for at the time of submitting an application for Taiwan Food and Drug Administration's (TFDA's) import inspection. Chinese labelling must still be applied before the products are sold.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive. Exporters should contact their importers to ensure they are satisfying all of the Taiwanese labelling requirements for exporting Egg products.

1.5 Use-by date and shelf life

Taiwan has specific labelling requirements for use-by dates and/or shelf life restrictions

• Labelling of the expiry date shall be decipherable, in the format year, month and day.
• Products with a shelf life greater than 3 months may be labelled with the year and month only (the last date of that month shall be the expiry date)

1.6 Documentation requirements

In addition to export certification, all shipments of table eggs and egg products must be accompanied by a manufacturer's declaration that confirms the 'State/Territory of origin' of the eggs or egg products.

The manufacturer's declaration must contain the following declaration on a company letterhead:

I [exporter/ agent representative] of [name of exporter], do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the eggs or egg products in this consignment originate from the State/ Territory of [enter State/Territory details].

The declaration must be signed and dated by the exporter/agent and counter-signed by an authorised officer of the Department.

Please note: The manufacturer's declaration is an interim arrangement pending an update to certification templates. Micor will be updated when amended certification is available.

For table eggs, use EX46TW with endorsement 5170.

Additional endorsement 5170

1. The state(s) of origin is/are free from notifiable avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
2. The state(s) of origin has/have been free from H5 or H7 subtype low pathogenic notifiable avian influenza (LPNAI) for at least 28 days before the day of shipment of the exported eggs.
3. The shell eggs have had their surfaces sanitized and are transported in new or appropriately sanitized packaging materials.
4. The shell eggs are derived from infertile eggs.

For egg products, use EX46TW with endorsement 5171

Additional endorsement 5171

1. The state(s) of origin is/are free from notifiable avian influenza and Newcastle disease.
2. The state(s) of origin has/have been free from H5 or H7 subtype low pathogenic notifiable avian influenza (LPNAI) for at least 28​ days before the day of shipment of the exported eggs.
3. The egg products are transported in new or appropriate sanitized packaging materials.

1.7 Port-of-entry inspection and testing