Page 80 - 2021 Annual Report Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan

management of product safety, hygiene, and quality. As of the end of 2021 the COA guided 14 agribusinesses to establish large-scale fruit and vegetable handling, concentration, and packaging sites.
With respect to aquatic products, the COA continued to guide fish markets to improve their hardware and equipment and operational environment to control all possible sources of contamination with the aim of upgrading the quality and sanitation of seafood products from the source and ensuring the domestic and international competitiveness of domestic fisheries products. In 2021 we guided the purchase and installation of equipment needed for the "fish off the ground" policy at the west side auction venues of the Penghu Fish Market of the Penghu District Fishermen's Association and the fish market of the Mituo District Fishermen's Association. We also completed new construction at the Nanfang'ao Fishing Harbor Number 1 Fish Market, as well as the construction project for introducing the HACCP food safety management system at the Donggang sakura shrimp auction venue, and in future will guide the fishermen's association to install a strict sanitation management system.
◎ The Donggang sakura shrimp auction venue was completed on November 21, 2021.
◎ The Donggang sakura shrimp auction venue is the first low-temperature indoor auction site in Taiwan.
◎ Guidance of a pineapple concentration and packaging venue to improve the hygiene, safety, and quality of its products.
(5) Constructing a modernized cold chain logistics and trading system for agriproducts
In order to (i) develop the cold chain logistics infrastructure and its operational capabilities for domestic farm, fisheries, and livestock products; (ii) upgrade production-and-marketing quality and reduce losses; (iii) bring into play the ability to adjust product supply to help stabilize prices of domestic agriproducts; and (iv) increase the types of products exported and develop international markets, the COA won approval from the Executive Yuan for the medium- and long-term infrastructure program "Building an Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics and Quality Assurance Demonstration System." The goal is to use smart production and new cold chain technology at each step from production and transportation to processing and sales in order to improve the environment for production and supply of agriproducts and upgrade the quality of their delivery and logistics.
In terms of farm products, in June of 2021 the COA issued operational norms for subsidies for regional cold chain logistics centers and cold chain facilities (equipment), which served as the basis for guiding local governments and farmers' organizations in setting up regional cold chain logistic centers and assisting farmers' organizations and agribusinesses in purchasing cold chain facilities (equipment). Moreover, in order to introduce cold chain management facilities and improve existing cold chain equipment, the COA provided a series of cold chain logistics services from post-harvest handling, washing and grading, and cutting to processing, packaging, cold chain warehousing, and logistical delivery in order to enhance product handling and storage and transportation capabilities for fresh agriproducts. In this way we can stabilize fruit and vegetable supply, upgrade agriproduct quality, and strengthen
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