MESSAGE NOT HEARD? Visitors have generally stopped trying to illegally import meat since fines were increased, except those from China, a COA official has said
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 07, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Hog farms not regulated by environmental authorities must stop using leftovers as pig
Council of Agriculture Acting Minister Chen Chi-chung speaks about the government’s efforts to prevent an African swine fever epidemic at a news conference held at the Central Emergency Operation Center in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
feed within a week, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said yesterday, adding that samples of another three pork products from China have tested positive for African swine fever after being seized by customs officials.
The council on Saturday said that it would not immediately ban the use of leftovers at all hog farms, but at yesterday’s third meeting of the Central Emergency Operation Center — which oversees measures to control the disease — said that it would restrict such operations.
Only farms on an Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) regulatory list would be allowed to continue feeding pigs leftovers, COA Acting Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said, adding that 357 farms were on the list.
The 1,155 hog farms that use leftovers but are not on the list must switch to commercial fodder, cease operations within a week or get EPA approval to use leftovers, COA Deputy Minister Huang Chin-cheng (黃金城) said. [FULL STORY]
