The EPA is currently reviewing the regulations governing the disposal of unwanted food from its major sources, such as hypermarkets and supermarkets. The EPA plans to have a draft of amendments ready by the end of 2016 that will require the aforementioned enterprises to submit online reports on their disposal of unwanted food. The amendments are expected to help the government to ensure that unwanted food is being disposed of properly. Controls on the disposal of household and restaurant food waste are also being formulated. To gain a clearer picture of the types and volumes of industrial waste being produced and how it is being disposed of, on 11 July 2002 the EPA announced – in accordance with the Waste Disposal Act – the types of enterprises that would be required to submit online reports governing the production, storage, clearance, disposal, reuse, import and export of their waste. To date, 38,000 enterprises have been added to the list. Following a number of cases in recent years of unwanted food products being illegally resold, the EPA has decided to strengthen controls over the production and disposal of such products and is currently reviewing the relevant regulations. The EPA is looking to expand online unwanted food reporting for the following designated enterprises: ‧Supermarkets whose parent company has more than NT$25 million in capital, that retail household goods and food products as separate departments, and whose sales comprise mostly fresh produce and combined food packages. ‧Retail hypermarkets whose parent company has more than NT$25 million in capital and that generate unwanted food. Through the legal management mechanism, the EPA expects to minimize the health and environmental risks related to unwanted food products. In addition, to strengthen controls over the disposal of food waste, the EPA plans to re-classify it as one of the categories of waste for which online disposal reporting is required so that the EPA can keep close track of its disposal. The waiver for online reporting for the production, storage, clearance, disposal, reuse, export and import of food waste will be removed in the draft of amendments being drawn up, and will take effect on 1 December 2016. The EPA would once again like to emphasize that the expansion of controls over sources of unwanted food will involve requiring the affected enterprises to report waste food disposal in accordance with the regulations, and will also involve the EPA supervising local government environmental protection bureaus in the task of strengthening audits and inspections to ensure the controls are adhered to. The EPA is also calling on the newly-listed hypermarkets and supermarkets to submit online reports of their unwanted food disposal as required by law, thus working with the authorities to protect public health and the environment.