SFPA ISSUES INFORMATION NOTICE TO INDUSTRY ON APPROVED PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT TO TAIWAN

SFPA issues information notice to industry on approved products for export to Taiwan. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently issued an Information Notice to industry in relation to technical requirements for Irish companies trading with Taiwan in an evolving third country regulatory environment.

The Taiwanese authorities maintain a system whereby only products on their approved lists can be exported from Ireland to Taiwan.

Queries regarding this information notice may be addressed to: SFPATradeandAudit@sfpa.ie

The current lists of approved products are as follows:

 Taiwanese list of approved live species from Ireland

Taiwanese list of approved processed species from Ireland

Fishery products not on the approved lists above cannot currently be exported from Ireland to Taiwan.

 About the SFPA 

The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the independent statutory body responsible for the regulation of the sea-fisheries and the sea-food production sectors. It promotes compliance with the EU Common Fisheries Policy, sea-fisheries law and food safety law relating to fish and fish products, verifies compliance and, where necessary, enforces it. Its mandate covers all fishing vessels operating within Ireland’s 200-mile limit, over 2,000 Irish registered fishing vessels wherever they operate, and all seafood produced in Ireland’s seafood processing companies. The SFPA operates through a network of regional port offices situated at Ireland’s main fishery harbours. For further information visit: www.sfpa.ie

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