Categories and Items of Organic Agricultural Products and In-conversion Agricultural Products

Release date:2019-09-17
Legislative history
1. This table was promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture on June 5, 2019 per Order Nung-Liang-Tzu-Tze 1081069460A.
 
Categories and Items of Organic Agricultural Products and In-conversion Agricultural Products
Category Item Scope of Product (or description)
Crops Rice Paddy
Cereals and Pulses Barley, wheat, oat, sorghum, sweet potato, soy bean, field corn, peanut, mung bean, Adzuki bean, buckwheat, millet, red quinoa, black soy bean, hyacinth bean, millet, sesame, pine nut, sunflower seed, pumpkin seed, linseed, chickpea, rice bean, pinto bean, triticale, etc.
Brassica Vegetables excluding Leafy and Flowering Vegetables Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, head lettuce, cos lettuce, butterhead lettuce, head mustard, etc.
Short-term
Vegetables
Chinese mustard (bok choy, rape, pak choi, etc.), Chinese kale, Chinese celery, water spinach, spinach, lettuce, crown daisy, chard, green garlic, green onion, leek, bud chive, cabbage sprout, sweet potato leave, amaranth, leafy radish, chicory, common white basella, Taiwan velvet plant, Gynura, purslane, Chinese parsley, chayot leaf, rocket leaf, mountain celery, celery, vegetable fern, basil, perilla, pea shoot, etc.
Stem, Stalk, Root and Tuber Vegetables Radish, carrot, ginger, onion, potato, bamboo shoot, asparagus, water bamboo, taro, lappa, water chestnut, lotus root, Chinese yam, kohlrabi (sprout), big stem mustard (stem mustard), stem lettuce, cherry belle radish, beetroot, garlic bulb, etc.
Flowering Vegetables Cauliflower, broccoli, daylily, etc.
Edible Fungi Shiitake, button mushroom, straw mushroom, winter mushroom, Jew’s ear (wood ear), king oyster mushroom, etc.
Fruiting Vegetables Tomato, eggplant, bell pepper (including green pepper), chili, edible corn, okra (lady’s finger), etc.
Cucurbit Vegetables Cucumber, bitter melon, loofah, Chinese wax gourd, pumpkin, chayote, bottle gourd, etc.
Legume Vegetables Pea, young soybean, Hyacinth Bean, cowpea, Kentucky wonder pole beans, lima bean (duffin bean), kidney bean, etc.
Edible Sprouts Seed sprouts that are produced by sprouting of plant seed in dark and used as edible vegetables, such as mung bean sprout and soy bean sprout. Seed sprouts that are produced in water throughout the growing period by sprouting of plant seeds and greening treatment, such as cabbage sprout, pea sprout and radish sprout.
Melon Fruits Water melon, melon, muskmelon, honeydew melon, etc.
Large Berries Banana, papaya, pineapple, kiwi fruit, custard apple, avocado (Persea Americana), dragon fruit, passion fruit, abiu (caimito), fig, etc.
Small Berries Grape, strawberry, star fruit, wax apple, guava, etc.
Stone Fruits Mango, longan, lichee, loquat, waxberry, date, red jujube, etc.
Pome Fruits Apple, pear, peach, plum, prune, cherry, jujube, persimmon, etc.
Citrus Fruits Tangerine, lemon, pomelo, grape fruit, orange, lime, etc.
Tea Fresh tea leaves
Coffee Fresh coffee fruit
Sugar Canes Edible cane, sugarcane, etc.
Tree Nuts Coconut, almond, pecan, chestnut, walnut, cashew nut, hazel nut, etc.
Seeds (Seedlings) Seed, seedling, ramet, etc.
Forage Crops Pangolagrass, napiergrass, forage corn, etc.
Self-produced Agricultural Processed Products Products produced by simple processing farmers’ self-produced organic agricultural ingredient in ways such as drying, sun dry, air dry, blanching, roasting, milling, grinding, shelling or simple cutting, with no additives added. Such as dried vegetable, dried mushroom, dried daylily, dried Jew’s ear (dried wood ear), and Chinese wax gourd cut.
Others Jewel orchid, houseleek, Asia mugwort, Acathopanax root, Formosan Fig Tree, bread fruit, Oldham Elaeagnus, pig thigh, Formosan beauty-berry, moringa tree, Goji berry, guava leaf, alfalfa, Indian mulberry, roselle, Brazilian fireweed, edible flower, jelly fig and others that cannot be categorized to the aforementioned items
Non-edible Crops Australian Tea Tree and cotton, etc.
Livestock products Meats Pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, and other meats
Eggs Chicken egg, duck egg, quail egg, and other eggs
Aquatic products Algae Spirulina (blue algae), green algae, brown algae and other algae products
Aquatic Animals Tilapia, cobia, grouper, bass, milkfish, hard clam, freshwater clam, white shrimp, ayu
Processed products Processed Grain Products Processed products produced from rice, wheat and food grain:
1. Flour, starch, coarse powder, dry raw strip, and flask, etc. made from rice, wheat, pulse or tuber; instant cereal products; or varieties of raw noodle, cooked noodle and short noodle made from fine powder of cereal. Such as wheat flour, soybean flour, barley flour, oatmeal, cornstarch, cornmeal, sweet potato starch, tapioca starch, wholemeal flour, potato flour, wheat seedling powder, rice noodle, short noodle, noodle, refined rice cereal powder, rice paste, rice porridge, and refined oat cereal powder.
2. Dehulled cereal, fine grinding, roasting and mixed products, such as dehulled pea, pea kernel, rye kernel, cornflake, corn crisp, barley flake, oatmeal flake, bread, confectionery, and potato chip.
Dried Vegetable and Fruit Products Processed vegetable and fruit products by drying processing (such as freeze drying and vacuum drying) with associated equipment
Canned Food Processed agricultural products sealed in metal, glass, sterilized bag, plastics, multilayer structure airtight container or other containers conforming to aforementioned condition. These products are sterilized before or after sealing and can be preserved under room temperature for a long period of time. Such as canned corn kernel, vegetable and fruit puree, puree for baby or infant, vegetable bouillon cube, vegetable chowder, broth and stock.
Chilled or Frozen Food 1. Chilled food: agricultural processed products cooled rapidly and stored above freezing point and under 7℃. Such as cut and peeled aloe vera, peeled sugar cane, sliced winter gourd, diced Chinese yam, diced tomato, tofu, bamboo for cold dish.
2. Frozen food: agricultural processed products frozen rapidly and stored under -18℃. Such as frozen pea kernel, vegetable dumpling, and hash brown.
Pickled Food Fruit and vegetable are used according to variety of finished products. Salt, organic acid or (and) sugar are employed to marinate, store or flavor directly, ferment, and ripen food, such as raisin, dried berry, dried apricot, dried apricot, fruit jam, dried tomato, dried raspberry, pickles, fermented soybean curd, soy sauce pickles, and vinegar pickles.
Plant Powdery Processed Products Ground and smashed agricultural products, excluding cereals. Such as cocoa powder, peanut powder, cactus powder, coconut powder, and Indian mulberry powder.
Tea

 
Semi-made tea, made tea, tea bag, tea powder, etc.
Coffee Coffee green bean (peeled, dried), coffee bean (baked), coffee powder (ground), etc.
Natural Plant Tea Tea or tea bag made from edible flower, fruit, herbal, fennel, cinnamon and other natural plants, etc.
Sugar and Its Derived Products 1. Granulated sugar and other sugar products produced from sugar cane, beetroot, starch, other ingredients or raw sugar. Granulated sugar, sucrose, white sugar crystal, brown sugar crystal, brown sugar, molasses, beetroot molasses, maple syrup, etc.
2. Varieties of eastern and western candies, as well as chocolate produced from sucrose, fructose, maltose, cereal, dried fruit, spice, and edible pigment.
Herbs and Spice Plants and Their Derived Flavorings 1. Herb and spice plant and their parts after drying and grinding, such as rosemary, parsley, thyme leaf, basil leaf, oregano leaf, bay, vanilla, spice, curry powder, granulated pepper, black and white pepper, coriander seed powder, garlic powder and cinnamon powder.
2. Or, formulated flavorings containing herbs or spice plants as ingredients, such as table salt, table sauce product, vegetable salad (dressing) and flavored vinegar.
Refined or Dried Plants Refined treatment (water treatment, fire treatment, water and fire treatment or other treatment) or dried plant products, such as ginseng fibrous root, aniseed, lilac, Chuanchiong, root of herbaceous peony, Bai chu, Poriacocos, cinnamon, Chinese caterpillar fungus, tuber of multiflower knotweed, Goji berry, Eucommia Bark, Cassia Seed, red jujube, Corydalis Tuber, plantain seed, psyllium, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Alisma Orientalis, root of Pilose Asiabell, curcuma, astragalus, root of Chinese angelica, and lotus seed
Drink Soy bean drink (milk), vegetable and fruit juice, mix juice for baby and infant, wine, tea, non-alcohol drink, fruit vinegar, etc.
Oil Plant oil, like olive oil, peanut oil, salad oil, sunflower oil, grape seed oil and cocoa butter.
Fermented Food Products are produced through fermentation of microorganism, such as miso, soy sauce, fermentation liquid, and edible vinegar.
Dairy Products Fresh milk, milk powder, yogurt, butter, cheese, and other dairy products
Meat Products Sausage, cured meat, bacon, ham, fried pork fiber, dried pork fiber, dried sliced meat and other meat products
Egg Products Shell egg product, liquid egg, egg powder, and other egg products
Alga Products Alga powder, alga tablet, and other alga products
Processed Products of Aquatic Animal The primary raw materials of aquatic processed products from tilapia, cobia, grouper, bass, milkfish, hard clam, freshwater clam, white shrimp and ayu
Others Processed products that cannot be categorized into the aforementioned items
出處:Agriculture and Food Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C(TAIWAN)
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