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2. In order to expand the domestic testing capacity, the numbers of private testing institutions and items accredited by TFDA had reached 138 and 1,749, as shown in Figures 7-6 and 7-6-1. The satisfaction rate of the food, drug and cosmetics proficiency test had reached 85%.
Figure 7-6
The Growth of Accredited Testing Institutions
Number Food 120
100
80
60
40
26
Drugs
Cosmetics
72
Medical Devices
87 81
100 95
94
91
28
2021 Year
61 55
61 58
34 37 36
29 3030 2930
* 17*
15 4**
31
20 0
15*
2011 2012 2013
2014 2015 2016 2017
2018 2019 2020
Source : Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
Figure 7-6-1
Number
1600 1400 1200 1000
800
600 481
The Growth of Accredited Items of Accredited Testing Institutions
Food Drugs Cosmetics
Medical Devices
1364 1,355 1264
1,372
301
19**
Year
1131 1046
400 200 0
248
2011
536 488
405 370 379
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
372 365
2017 2018
303 301
51* 51*
2019 2020 2021
637 632
789 665
112
Source : Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
*Note : The former drugs & cosmetic accredited laboratory was divided into drugs accredited laboratory and cosmetic
accredited laboratory in response to the implementation of the "Cosmetic Hygiene and Safety Act" effective on
July 1, 2019.
**Note : The former "drugs accredited laboratory" was divided into drugs accredited laboratory and medical device
accredited laboratory in response to the implementation of the "Medical Devices Act" effective on May 1, 2021.
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