Tracing the source of the oil products, calling on the government to disclose key information

Did you notice? The information on the two is almost identical, including product name, specifications, manufacturer information, and nutrition labeling. If you look at other manufacturers' information, some pages will include inspection reports, but for me, this "Non-Traceable-No-Go" system is like a "product promotion page," and I have no way of knowing the product's origin or circulation process.

Regarding this issue, I raised the problem and suggestions on the spot at the food safety meeting. At the time, a senior official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare responded, "The database on the industry side already has relevant information, but in consideration of personal data and trade secrets, not all of it will be provided for consumers to search. This can be included in future considerations." I think this is very regrettable. In fact, government agencies only need to grasp the two points of "transparent origin" and "traceable process," and the actual operational procedures would not be too difficult.

Ask domestic and imported industry operators to register information for each circulation stage, including production, review, circulation, and other processes, and register in the "Non-Traceable-No-Go" system the date of incoming goods, date of approval, the manufacturer's incoming and outgoing dates, as well as detailed batch weights. Confirming that batch management is done well will allow the general public to obtain the most trustworthy product information.

2. Provide a way for consumers to query directly:

In addition to registering the above information in the "Non-Traceable-No-Go" system of the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, so that everyone can search by entering the product name or company name on the page, it is suggested that a QR code scanning tool be added to product packaging so that we can scan it directly with our mobile phones and link to the website to query the information.

The government spent heavily to establish the "Non-Traceable-No-Go" system. So far, two information contractors have been replaced, and it has been upgraded from Food Safety 2.0 to 3.0. Even now, it can still only be called a "product promotion page." It has not played its real role at all, and it still cannot "make the circulation process of food from production site to dining table transparent."

I suggest finding the general public, manufacturers, and civic groups together to carry out the evaluation anew, rather than only finding information companies that are led by the technical side. Only by truly starting from the user's perspective can the goal be achieved, and it can also avoid designing an unusable system and then still having to waste time and money repeatedly revising the system.

This time, participating in the "4th Meeting on Food Safety Communication and Information Exchange between the Council of Agriculture and Civic Groups," I could feel that the government is placing increasing importance on source management, and is also opening it up for civic groups concerned about food safety issues to discuss together. I hope the government can focus on the right priorities for improvement, so that the overall environment gets better and better.