Even though the DOH aims to safeguard public health and regulate the health food market by verifying the safety and effectiveness of health foods, over the past eight years since the Health Food Control Act was enacted only 88 products have been given verification. This falls far behind the number of products approved in Japan (over 600) and China (over 3,000).
雖然衛生署有心為民眾把關，審核健康食品的安全性和有效性，問題是，從 8 年前立法迄今，通過審核的健康食品只有 88 件，較諸日本的六百多件，中國大陸的三千多件，數量明顯偏低。