1. IntroductionIn 2013, the food safety problem in Taiwan aroused the concern of the whole society, and this serious problem also attracted great attention from the media of different countries. Industries implicated in this scandal included cooking oils, alcoholic beverages and other daily necessities. Among these categories, the food scandal that occurred in the cooking oil industry was the most serious, as many famous oil manufacturers were all involved in this incident. All these food safety scandals have made consumers lose confidence in government and worry about their health. Early in this incident, a famous food factory called Chang-Chi Foodstuff Co. was accused of using substandard materials and artificial additives in the manufacturing of its products. production process and failed to clearly label its contents in the ingredient indicators. In late 2013, the company's president, Chen-Li Kao, was sentenced to prison and Chang-Chi Foodstuff Co. was fined approximately NT$80 million, according to Taiwan's health authorities. Another major food production company called Ting-Hsin International Group was also involved in this scandal. The company was fined heavily for concealing mislabeled products and using adulterated cooking oil purchased from Chang-Chi Foodstuff Co. Additionally, aside from the cooking oil industry, Other food and drink producers, such as alcoholic beverage manufacturers, were fined significantly. was also fined because the indigent indicators on their products were found to be wrong, which was perceived as fraud and caused more consumers to lose confidence in Taiwan's food safety regulations (Bo, 2013). After the scandal, the President of Taiwan, Ying-Jeou Ma, ordered...... middle of article ......ad/20131125_1.pdf [Accessed: April 23, 2014]Taiwan's Control Yuan (2011) A research report on the current food and health security situation of Taiwan. Available at: humanrights.cy.gov.tw/dl.asp?fileName=2120949771.pdf‎ [Accessed 23 April 2014]Unnevehr, L. (2006) Food security as a global public good: does it exist underinvestment? Available at: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/25733/1/pl06un01.pdf [Accessed April 20, 2014] Wang, HW (2013) A Research on the Enforcement of Food Safety Regulations in Taiwan . Available at: http://www.cppl.ntu.edu.tw/102plan/102cppl-5.pdf [Accessed April 25, 2014] Wu, RJ (2010) “An Urgent Question – How to Strengthen the Control Mechanism of food security in Taiwan', Taiwan Watch, 12(1), pp. 26-34'2013 Taiwan Food Scandal' (2013) Wikipedia. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Taiwan_food_scandal [Accessed April 20 2014]