In view of the fact that Hualien maintains a pure and pollution-free natural environment, the Hualien County Government has begun to promote non-toxic and organic agriculture. However, Hualien does not have a qualified inspection agency, and it is time-consuming and inconvenient to send agricultural products to other counties and cities for inspection. Recently, the Legislative Yuan passed the preliminary review of the "Draft of Organic Agriculture Promotion Law", which aims to promote the development of organic agriculture with the goal of promoting the organicization of agriculture nationwide through an organic agriculture promotion plan. The Eastern Taiwan Pesticide Residues and Toxicology Testing Center was formally established in February 107 after completing the equipment bidding and procurement through the efforts of public opinion representatives to obtain funding from the central government and receiving funding support from the Agriculture Committee of the Executive Yuan and Donghua University. "Professor Yen-Peng Ho" of the university has organized and set up to provide Hualien County residents with high-quality pesticide testing technical services, further allowing the public to have a precise understanding of food safety.
Maintaining the safety of agricultural products is a social responsibility. Promoting non-toxic and organic agriculture can reduce the pollution of chemical pesticides to the global environment, and can also reduce cases of accidental ingestion of pesticides and pesticide poisoning. Organic agriculture is based on the principles of ecological balance and nutrient recycling and does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides. However, how consumers can confirm whether agricultural products are organic or non-toxic (safe to use pesticides) requires rigorous inspection by a professional pesticide residue and poison inspection center. Only through gatekeeping can consumers feel safe buying and eating, and safeguarding national health. The center is invested with professional talents and resources by Donghua University, and with strong support from the Hualien County Government and the Committee of Agriculture, it plays an important role as a safety gatekeeper in food safety.
Our center successfully passed the certification in February 2018 and became the only certified pesticide residue testing laboratory in Hualien County. The center will provide pesticide testing services for fresh fruits and vegetables, dried beans, cereals and tea, etc., using the most advanced analytical equipment gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometer (GC/MS/MS) and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometer (LC/ MS/MS) provides testing services for pesticide inspection items announced by the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare; it also uses gas chromatography flame photometric detector (GC-FPD) to provide the fungicide dithioaminomethyl in food Testing of acid salts. Our center will continue to pursue the improvement of inspection quality with a professional attitude to comply with international standards.
In terms of management system, our center complies with the operating rules of the laboratory's internal quality audit course (ISO/IEC 17025), conducts effective quality management and auditing, and has a logical program of planning, execution, verification, and correction (PDCA) to improve the management of experiments. room affairs. In terms of practical space planning, the center is also equipped with access control and surveillance systems and has strict security controls.