This Act aim at regulating food demand and supply, stabilizing food prices, improving food quality and maintaining the benefits of producers and consumers. The Act consists of 24 Articles. The Council of Agriculture, the Executive Yuan is the competent authority. The term "food" mentioned in the Act means rice, wheat, flour, mixed grains containing more than 50% rice, and some coarse grains as well as processed rice products regulated by the competent authority. The competent authority shall devise plans every year to stabilize food supply, ensure food security, and promote farmers’ income and agriculture. In addition, the competent authority shall stockpile rice based on the preceding year’s average consumption and not below the safety stock level during specific period. The competent authority may commission public stock dealers to collect, store, process and distribute public stock. Dealers in food shall complete food business registration with the competent authority before conducting food deals. For the purpose of food security, the export or import of food may have to be restricted. The competent authority shall promulgate the types, amount, regions, duration, conditions, and methods that are subjected to restriction. Prior approval of the competent authority shall be obtained before the export or import of the restricted food items.
Province chinoise de Taïwan · 1997-05-30