Where a food producer finds that any food it produces does not conform to the food safety standards, it shall promptly stop the production, recall all the food already placed on market for sale, notify the related producers, business operators and consumers and record the recall and notification information.

 

Where a food business operator finds that any food under its business operation does not conform to the food safety standards, it shall promptly stop the operations, notify the related producers, business operators and consumers, and record the stop of operation and notification information. If the food producer considers it necessary to recall the food, it shall recall it immediately.

The food producer shall make remedies to, make innocuous disposal of, destroy or take other measures against the recalled food, and report to the quality supervision department at or above the county level the information about the recall of food and about disposal of the recalled food.
If the food producer or business operator fails, under the provisions of this Article, to recall or stop the business operation of the food that does not meet the food safety standards, the quality supervision department, industry and commerce administrative department or food and drug supervision and administration department at or above the county level may order it to recall the food or stop the business operations.