Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/24
By Yang Shu-min and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) Taiwan obtained information about the outbreak of African

COA deputy chief Huang Chin-cheng (黃金城) / File photo

swine fever (ASF) in China mainly through China’s Ministry of Agriculture and the World Organisation for Animal Health (IOE), the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ) said Monday.

This was due to the suspension of a communication channel between Taiwan and China, according to BAPHIQ.

Like other countries such as Japan, the information about the ASF situation in China that Taiwan got was mainly from its agriculture ministry’s website and the IOE because China did not make public and transparent its ASF outbreak information, according to BAPHIQ.    [FULL  STORY]