Taiwan's legislature passed the Production and Certification Management of Agricultural Products Act (the "Act") at the end of 2006. The Act, which took effect on 29 January 2007, requires that all agricultural products including crops and livestock that are labeled as organic must be certified within two years. For organic products produced in Taiwan, this means certification by one of Taiwan's four accredited domestic certification bodies:
- Formosa Organic Agriculture Association
- Mokichi Okada International Association
- Taiwan Organic Agriculture Foundation
- Taiwan Organic Production Association
In fact these domestic certification organizations have been operating for a number of years and accredited by the Council since 2003. But since certification was recommended, rather than required, consumers questioned how organic many products on the market actually were.
Under the new required certification regime, Taiwanese certification bodies certify agriculture products as organic based on a set of standards known as the Certification Standards for Organic Agricultural Products and Organic Agricultural Processed Products.
Source / Detailed information: Michael Fahey: Certification Now Required for Organic Food in TaiwanCertification Now Required for Organic Food in Taiwan. Review of October 3, 2007, by at the Homepage of Winkler Partners, Attorneys at Law of Taiwan and Foreign Legal Affairs.
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