A proposed plan to disclose information
about food manufacturers on food packages will create unnecessary trade
barriers and has been a concern for foreign investors in retail and the
pharmaceutical industry. The government has received complaints over
the proposed regulation from foreign investors, among them international retail
giant Costco.
Costco made it clear that it would have
difficulties following the law if the provision is adopted, because information
about the manufacturers of its store brand, Kirkland, is a trade secret. Other food producers, including Coca-Cola
Co, raised concerns over a proposed provision that requires the disclosure of
all ingredients used in a food product in a registry system administered by the
Ministry of Health and Welfare.
In an effort to discourage Coca Cola from
withdrawing from Taiwan, the government has worked out a solution to exempt it
from another proposed rule mandating the labeling of all its ingredients, but
the company still finds the registration requirement unacceptable. Actually, Coca Cola and Costco really don't need to take that so serious, because this is just one of the not wise solutions which Taiwan governors come up to solve Taiwan's non-safety food series, usually not for real, and not for long.
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