Export Animal Products to Taiwan

Commodity Specific Information

Closed Container Rules (additional requirements for products transiting countries or States banned by Taiwan) - March 2006

Animal Feed Preparations - Other than Dog and Cat Food

Supplementary certificate page required for letter head certificate if individual packages of the certified materials do NOT contain on the label the exact same company name and address as the manufacturing facility (This form may not be used with a VS Form 16-4) - October 2010

Guidance for preparation of supplementary certificate page required for letter head certificate if individual packages of the certified materials do NOT contain on the label the exact same company name and address as the manufacturing facility - October 2010 

Animal Feed Preparations - Other than Dog and Cat Food containing no animal origin components - March 2021

Animal Feed Preparations - Other than Dog and Cat Food containing animal-origin components other than milk, gelatin, dicalcium phosphate, and/or gelatin - May 2022 

Animal Feed Preparations - Other than Dog and Cat Food containing no animal origin components except milk, gelatin, dicalcium phosphate, and/or gelatin (for consignments where the individual packages of the certified materials DO contain on the label the exact company name and address as the manufacturing facility) - March 2021

Blood Products

Antibodies (solutions of antibodies derived from blood) - September 2010 

Porcine blood products for animal consumption (other than rendered products) - July 2022 

Serum for Technical Purposes: General Information - November 2018 

• Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and cell culture media containing BSA - November 2018 
• Bovine Serum and Derivatives (Excluding Fetal Bovine Serum) - January 2019 
• Fetal Bovine Serum - January 2019 
• NON-Bovine Origin Serum - October 2012 

Cervid materials, including deer antler velvet - February 2011  

Dairy-Milk and Milk Products - May 2019

Dog/Cat Food and Chews

Requirements listed below for “dog and cat food” are specific to foods for dogs and cats.  Foods for pets other than dogs and cats must meet the requirements for livestock feeds.  For more information on these requirements, go back to the main Taiwan page and select the pertinent links. 

Dog and cat food containing NO animal origin ingredients:

• General Information - October 2010 
• Supplementary certificate page (if individual packages of certified materials do NOT contain the exact same company name and address as the manufacturing facility on the label) - October 2010 
• Guidance for preparation of supplementary certificate- October 2010 

Dog and/or cat food containing NO animal-origin ingredients except exempt ingredients.  (These requirements also apply to vitamin and mineral supplements, e.g., chewable tablets.) - June 2019

Dog/cat chews containing hide but NO other animal origin ingredients except exempt ingredients - May  2022

Dog/cat food containing animal-origin ingredients +/- exempt ingredients. (These requirements also apply to vitamin and mineral supplements, e.g., chewable tablets):

• General Information - May 2022 
• Shipment Certificate - Short Form A (for shipments containing dog/cat foods produced by one manufacturing facility) - May 2022 
• Shipment Certificate - Long Form B (for shipments containing dog/cat foods produced by two or more manufacturing facilities) - May 2022 
• Manufacturing Facility Addendum (to be used with Long Form B, one for each manufacturing facility listed) - November 2017 
• Certificate Continuation Page - Instructions - March 2011 
• Certificate Continuation Page (primarily for shipment certificates where packages are not labeled with the exact same company name and address of the manufacturing facility) - March 2011 

Dry inedible animal products not intended for animal feeding - March 2006

Feathers - September 2017

Feather meal (hydrolyzed) - June 2018

Fertilizer - December 2019

Gelatin - March 2010

Hides and skins (Not tanned) - July 2022

Livestock Feed Products (See Animal Feed Preparations - Other than Dog and Cat Food)

Porcine products (other than blood) - POVP

General information - July 2022

USDA-recognized laboratories capable of performing PCR testing for ruminant contamination - December 2020:

• FoodChain ID (formerly known as Genetic ID) 
  Chantilly, VA 20151 (valid for testing on or after February 8, 2021) 
  Fairfield, IA 52556 (valid for testing on or before March 31, 2021) 
  Phone: (641) 472-9979 
• Eurofins Gene Scan, Inc. 
  New Orleans, LA 70122 
  Phone: (504) 297-4330 
• NSF International 
  Ann Arbor, MI 48105 
  Phone: (734) 769-8010 or 1 (800) NSF-MARK

Poultry products (other than feather meal) - PouOVP

General information - March 2019

USDA-recognized laboratories capable of performing PCR testing for ruminant contamination - December 2020:

• FoodChain ID (formerly known as Genetic ID) 
  Chantilly, VA 20151 (valid for testing on or after February 8, 2021) 
  Fairfield, IA 52556 (valid for testing on or before March 31, 2021) 
  Phone: (641) 472-9979 
• Eurofins Gene Scan, Inc. 
  New Orleans, LA 70122 
  Phone: (504) 297-4330 
• NSF International 
  Ann Arbor, MI 48105 
  Phone: (734) 769-8010 or 1 (800) NSF-MARK

Products for human consumption containing 2 percent or less meat - May 2014

Rendered fats intended for purposes other than human or animal consumption - December 2009

Shell Eggs - Preserved or Cooked - March 2023  *Not endorsable after June 30, 2024

Table Eggs - October 2023   *Not endorsable after June 30, 2024