*7.3. Implications*

In recent years, food problems have been occurring in Mainland China and Taiwan. In order to ensure food security and considering the fact that food security is directly related to people's lives, the public's rights, and the credibility of the government, the relevant departments in Mainland China and Taiwan have realized the importance of responding to the food security crisis and signed the preliminary "Agreement on Food Security in Mainland China and Taiwan" to safeguard the rights and interests of consumers in Mainland China and Taiwan [25]. Furthermore, in the face of increasingly severe food security crises, governments shall strengthen cooperation in constructing legal systems on food security supervision and inspection, exchange experience, and cooperate in inspection (for example, when dealing with the international food security problem of imported poisonous milk powder, Mainland China can refer to strict inspection practices, such as "Food GMP Certification" and the high import standard requirements and policy means implemented in Taiwan over the years, starting from the source managemen<sup>t</sup> of food security, so as to prevent the entry of problematic foreign food). Finally, because, in general, the more unfamiliar things are, the more they are perceived as risky, and avoidance and fear are the consequences [21,22], to avoid the occurrence of hygienic hazards of food, governments should establish adequate communication, be open and transparent in policy formulation, provide consumers with more information about how to fill the gap in food security knowledge, and share food security information to avoid rumors of food insecurity circulating in popular science [20,24,25]. It is expected that the results and suggestions of this study will be helpful in crisis response, as well as to the supervision system in Mainland China and Taiwan to guard food security. Although the comparative analysis was specific to the two regions, its characteristics are typical of food security globally, especially in Asia.

**Author Contributions:** Writing–review, analysis & interpretation of data, C.-C.M.; Writing – review & editing, H.-S.C.; Writing–review, editing & Project administration, H.-P.C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
