TRANSPARENCY: The discovery of an infected dead pig that came from China shows that Beijing’s disease control and infection reporting are problematic, the premier said
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 05, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Premier William Lai (賴清德) yesterday called on Beijing to publicize information about
A giant toy puppy holding a notice informing passengers not to bring in meat products is displayed on a baggage carousel at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
the African swine fever epidemic in China and work with neighboring nations to curb the spread of the disease, after an infected pig’s carcass was found in Kinmen County.
Lai made the remarks at the second meeting of the Executive Yuan’s Central Emergency Operation Center to oversee quarantine measures against the disease.
The Council of Agriculture (COA) on Thursday confirmed that a dead pig found on a beach in Kinmen County’s Jinsha Township (金沙) on Tuesday had tested positive for the disease.
The carcass might have floated from China’s Fujian Province’s Zhangzhou or Xiamen via the Jiulong River to Kinmen, COA Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Director-General Feng Hai-tung (馮海東) said. [FULL STORY]
