China’s Taiwan Affairs Office announced a ban on the import of meat products from Taiwan on the grounds that Taiwan is open to importing American pigs containing ractopamine and that there is avian flu in Taiwan. The government of the Republic of China said that it has not exported meat products or raw meat to China for a long Time. And it should be Taiwan to prevent the Chinese Epidemic, right? Taiwan pig farmers said that the statement of the Taiwan Affairs Office is a political issue, a unification tactic to eat Taiwan’s tofu.
Since January this year, Taiwan opened the import of American pigs containing ractopamine and American cattle over 30 months of age. Zhu Fenglian, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese mainland, said at a press conference on the 27th, the mainland strictly prohibits the import of meat products produced or transferred from Taiwan, the relevant departments have increased inspection efforts, if found Taiwan meat products can respond to the regulatory authorities.
Zhu Fenglian also said that in order to protect consumer health, the mainland has always prohibited the use of ractopamine in the animal breeding process, and strictly prohibit the import of meat products containing ractopamine. At the same time, because Taiwan has a highly pathogenic avian influenza and other epidemics, in order to prevent the risk of introduction of epidemics, “the mainland strictly prohibits the import of meat products produced in Taiwan, or transhipped through Taiwan.”
Taiwan: 2014 there will be no exports to China Taiwan Affairs Office announced no sense
Taiwan Executive Yuan Secretary General Li Meng proverb 28 said that China has stopped importing Taiwan pork, chicken and processed products since 2014, the announcement of the Taiwan Affairs Office “in essence does not have much meaning”.
Lee also said that there are 101 countries in the world that allow pork containing ractopamine, and China banned Taiwan’s pork exports to the mainland for this reason, theoretically even the other 101 countries should be banned, “there is a contradiction in logic, it did not do so”.
Taiwan’s top agricultural and political unit, the Agriculture Commission Chairman Chen Jizhong said in an interview on the 28th, Taiwan’s annual pork production of more than 800,000 metric tons, 90% is supplied to the domestic market, there is a surplus will be sold abroad, last year’s exports of fresh pork and its products only 4,000 metric tons, no impact. He also said on Facebook, “The Chinese side said they want to ‘prevent’ Taiwan from ‘risk of introduction of the epidemic’, I wonder if they got something wrong. It seems that the sentence should be said backwards, right?”
Lin Zhihong, deputy director of the International Division of the Council of Agriculture, said in an interview with Radio Free Asia that mainland China had agreed in February 2011 that five production and processing livestock and poultry products from Taiwan could be promoted to the mainland, but in November 2014, it was notified that Taiwan was a foot-and-mouth epidemic area, avian flu issues and oil Food safety issues, and Taiwan suspended the import of these five to date.
Agricultural officials: fresh frozen pork is not sold to China has been sold to Hong Kong and Macao
As for fresh pork, Lin Zhihong said, “fresh frozen pork exports to Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam, to last year are still available.”
Lin Zhihong stressed that “although Taiwan in January to open the Lai pig can be imported, so far, no imports of pork containing Lai pig to Taiwan, Taiwan’s pig industry also prohibits the use of ractopamine, so domestic pork and will not have Lai agent.”
Lin Zhihong also said that Taiwan was delisted from the foot-and-mouth epidemic area last year, but instead used all its efforts to prevent African swine fever: “We have many measures to prevent African swine fever from coming into Taiwan, so far blocked, spend a lot of effort, resources, funding, do a lot of measures to block the spread of mainland to
The Executive Yuan said that Taiwan has been delisted from the foot-and-mouth disease area, including Southeast Asia and other countries, are very interested in Taiwan pork, but also actively approach. The Council of Agriculture has set aside a fund of NT$13 billion to promote the upgrading of the pig industry, slaughter, cold chain facilities, and to assist pig farmers and counsel exporters to expand export sales, with complete measures to enhance the pork industry and export sales performance.
Taiwan Executive Yuan Secretary General Li Mengshang (file photo/provided by Taiwan Executive Yuan)
Pig farmers: Mainland is the epidemic area of foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever
Taiwan pig farmers were informed of Zhu Fenglian’s statement and expressed their disbelief. Pig farmers who did not want to be named told Radio Free Asia: “There is foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever on the mainland, and there is no pork (in Taiwan) to export to the mainland. The State Administration of Taiwan is talking about political issues, it’s an internal propaganda with an external propaganda, and it’s kind of a united war.”
Pan Lianzhou, former chairman of the Republic of China Pig Association, also interpreted this as a political issue: “There was no trade, political issues, right! Taiwan out to insist (origin labeling) to the Republic of China, the mainland insists on using China Taiwan, how can enter it? Taiwan pork how possible to enter the mainland, a past (Taiwan) on the price increase.”
Pan Lianzhou stressed that “Taiwan pork is not sick”, calling for trade to trade, politics to politics.
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