TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Tainan City Government said Monday that Sheriff Tea Eggs have been approved to enter the Australian market after meeting strict food safety and animal health quarantine requirements.
Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) said the export is significant because Australia is a major agricultural producer with some of the world’s toughest controls for animal-based foods. He said egg products face export barriers second only to meat due to food safety, animal health, and processing regulations, Liberty Times reported.
“The approval shows that Tainan’s food processing technology meets international standards,” Huang said. He added that the case mirrors exports of Tainan mangoes to competitive overseas markets and reflects growing global trust in domestic products, per Yahoo News.
Tainan Agriculture Bureau Commissioner Li Fang-lin (李芳林) said the Sheriff Tea Egg team spent nearly a year coordinating with Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration and Australian authorities. He said the team repeatedly revised processing steps, sterilization conditions, packaging, and labeling through multiple submissions before securing approval, per UDN.
Li said the export marks a breakthrough for Tainan specialty foods and highlights their potential in global markets. He said the city government will continue helping local businesses overcome foreign regulatory and quarantine barriers.
Sheriff Tea Egg began more than 20 years ago when founder Liao Shih-hua (廖世華) cooked tea eggs for colleagues while serving as a police station chief in Tainan. The snack later became popular with visitors and cyclists and developed into a commercial brand after his retirement, per CNA.
