The China Post
Date: August 31, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In a bid to improve food safety, President Tsai Ing-wen Tuesday vowed to set up a
President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at the 2016 Taiwan Food Safety Summit in Taipei, Tuesday, Aug. 30. She announced the administration’s next step in its food safety agenda — setting up a food safety risk assessment committee and increasing funding for food safety issues by 50 percent. (Photo Courtesy of the Presidential Office)
food safety risk assessment committee and to increase funding for food safety measures by 50 percent.
Tsai made the pledge during her opening remarks at the Taiwan Food Safety Summit on Tuesday. In addition to setting up the committee, the government will also implement an agency charged with managing harmful and toxic chemicals, Tsai said.
Increasing the government budget for food safety would also ensure that related agencies could beef up management and increase inspection quantity.
“Food safety is currently a focal issue globally — it is also a key policy of Taiwan’s government,” Tsai said during her opening remarks.
Stressing negotiations and communication between the government, manufacturers, enterprises and consumers as a key factor in ensuring safe food products, the president said a single wrong move in the production process could ignite food scandals. [FULL STORY]
