Legal Reflections: The Finally Awakened Amendment to the Food Sanitation Management Act

This article reflects on the draft amendment to the 'Food Sanitation Management Act' awaiting its third reading in the Legislative Yuan. It focuses on the addition of life imprisonment, multi-million dollar fines, and penalties for 'adding unauthorized additives.' The author points out that while stricter regulations are good for food safety, overly vague definitions of additives might cause trouble for startups and legacy businesses with secret recipes. It calls on the government to strengthen guidance and monitoring simultaneously.