On November 23, 2017, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWA) issued the notice of “Imported Food Inspection Requirements” (110-2017) with the contents as:

　　1. It is required that Food Control Certificate and Goods Availability Certificate must be received before the imported food inspection reservation;

　　2. The specific information of the goods needs to be shown during the processing such as the batch or can code;

3. Laboratory Nominations must be submitted and accepted first before the imported food inspection reservation;

4. Once the reservation is confirmed, the following information must be provided in the designated inspection site during the inspection: All relevant inspection documents (for example: Invoice, packing list, production line identification, imported food inspection batch number, can code, copy of Food Control Certificate) must be provided with printing versions. All the goods confirmed in the link of INSPECTION or INSPECTION & ANALYSIS REQUIRED for Food Control Certificate must be completely opened and be available for the inspection;

5. The importer or agent must be present during the inspection so as to assist the goods identification and sampling (if needed).

Non-compliance with the above key points may lead to the inspection cancellation.