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Published Date: 2020-10-13
The economics
ministry on Tuesday turned down suggestions from legislators to have additional
labeling requirements for US pork imports. The issue was addressed in light of
President Tsai Ing-wen’s announcement in August that Taiwan would open up its
market to US imports of pork with ractopamine, a leanness enhancing drug.
Legislators were
asking that a new classification code be added to distinguish ractopamine-added
pork and pork offals from those without the additive for the sake of
identification and tracking.
Economics minister
Wang Mei-hua on Tuesday said such a request is not feasible. She said that scientific evidence shows that
pork with ractopamine is safe for consumption, and therefore there’s no reason
for additional classification. Wang said doing so would be in violation of
international regulations.