Taipei Times
Date: Dec 24, 2018
By: Chien Hui-ju and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
China’s poor handling of the African swine fever crisis is evidence of the dangers of
Pigs rest in pens at a farm in Pingtung County on Dec. 15.
Photo: Ashley Chiu, Taipei Times
close cross-strait ties, National Taiwan University professor of veterinary studies Lai Shiow-suey (賴秀穗) said.
Taiwan has stepped up customs inspections at ports of entry in light of an outbreak that has been reported in 23 areas in China, which international media reports say has seen about 600,000 pigs culled since August.
Lai, 77, has been widely praised for his work to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and the avian flu in Taiwan.
In an interview with the Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times), Lai said that China failed to isolate and slaughter pigs infected with the disease, instead using them to make processed pork products. [FULL STORY]
