- Department:Chemicals Administration Ministry of Environment
(1) The first meeting of the Environmental Protection and Food Safety Coordination Meetings for 2021 was held on March 10 to report the Administration’s "Implementation Results of the Dioxin and Dioxin-like PCBs Monitoring Program in 2020" and confirm the adoption of the "Operating Principles for the Monitoring, Testing and Reporting of Environmental Dioxins and Heavy Metals (Draft)" proposed by the Administration.
(2) At the 42nd meeting of the Food Safety Joint Inspection Task Force of the Food Safety Office of the Executive Yuan on March 25, the Administration reported on the "Implementation Results of the Joint Inspection Project on Chemical Raw Material Manufacturers Concurrently Selling Food Additives in 2020". The Administration then discussed the "Proposed Items for Joint Inspection of Food Safety by Ministries and Agencies in 2021" and resolved to include the "Manufacturers of Semi-Finished Food Ingredients for Business Use" in the 2021 Joint Inspection Project. A working group meeting will be scheduled to discuss implementation details.
(3) At the 40th meeting of the Central Disaster Prevention and Response Council of the Executive Yuan on March 31, the Bureau reported on the project "Value-Added and Innovative Applications of ChemiCloud (Information Service Platform)".
Source: EPA Major Environmental Policies, March 2021
