Taiwan is planning a permanent ban on the killing of live poultry in traditional markets amid concerns over the spread of the H7N9 avian flu virus in China, officials in the country have stated.

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Concerns about the H7N9 bird flu have prompted Taiwan to impose a ban on slaughtering live poultry at traditional markets from 17 June.

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A farm in Taiwan has reportedly converted to European Union standard enriched cages.

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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs reaffirmed Sunday its opposition to imports of U.S. pork containing the leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine during talks under the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency.

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Council of Agriculture (COA) reiterated Thursday that the government will maintain its ban on U.S. pork imports containing ractopamine residues, despite its opening last year to U.S. beef with permissible levels of the livestock leanness enhancing drug.

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A Taiwan research team with members from National Chung Hsin University, Chung Shan Medical University and Tunghai University in Taichung C ity has cloned two spotted miniature pigs, according to the National Science Council Jan. 30.

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Thad Lively, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) senior vice president for trade access, has just returned from meetings in Taiwan, where he found an improving business climate for U.S. meat exports.

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The outbreak of avian flu, subtype H5N2, was reported by Dr Kwo-Ching Huang, Chief Veterinary Officer and Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of agriculture, Chinese Taipei.

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Routine surveillance has revealed the H5N2 low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) virus in a layer flock.

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According to a report by Focus Taiwan, the county's Animal and Plant Disease Center was notified on 23 Oct by a pig farm in Yuanshan Township that pigs at the farm have displayed symptoms of FMD.

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Two new outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) have been reported in pigs in Taiwan within the last month.

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McDonald’s 360 outlets in Taiwan have started applying Australian and New Zealand beef country of origin logos on tray mats to reassure consumers that McDonald’s Taiwan only serves safe and residue free beef.

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Taiwanese health authorities announced this week that they had discovered that pork made with US sourced meat contained ractopamine.

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Taiwanese health authorities said Wednesday they discovered that pork balls made with “U.S.-sourced meat” contained ractopamine, the country’s Central News Agency reported.

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Taiwan has announced that it will open the country's doors to imported beef containing the leanness-enhancing drug, ractopamine, in beef imports as early as September.

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Taiwan has moved a step closer to opening its doors to imported beef which contains Ractopamine, a leanness-enhancing drug used as a livestock feed additive in some countries.

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Taiwan announced Wednesday forthcoming notice of allowable levels of ractopamine in beef imports and origin labeling requirements, the country’s CNA national news service reported.

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Taiwan invites public comment on pork ractopamine issue

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After 18 months of restricted trade due to the presence of animal feed additive residue in US beef, Taiwan’s legislature has passed a decision on 25 July that allows imports of US beef containing a small amount of livestock feed additives.

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Following the Codex Commission’s recent adoption of maximum residue levels (MRLs) of ractopamine, Taiwanese lawmakers voted in support of three amendments that now clear the way for the government to adopt MRLs for ractopamine in beef.

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Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill that would allow some US beef imports that contain small amounts of ractopamine, a feed ingredient used to promote leanness in pork and beef, according to news reports.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification on 17 July 2012.

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The Taiwanese opposition is not impressed by the Codex Alimentarius commission’s decision to adopt an acceptable daily intake and maximum residue levels for pork and beef.

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Taiwanese delegates who traveled to the United States to conduct field inspections of beef facilities concluded that US beef ‘should be safe,’ but stopped short of fully endorsing the safety of US beef, “Focus Taiwan” reported.

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Heavy rain around Taiwan in June has caused agricultural losses totaling NT$548 million (US$18.34 million/€14.46 million) as of Monday, according to the latest statistics released by the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture.

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KFS, which was established in 2011 as a speciality company under the KEE Group umbrella, will offer high pressure processing (HPP) services on a contract basis from a custom-designed, newly constructed facility in the Pingtung Export Processing Zone.

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Heavy rain around Taiwan in June has caused agricultural losses totalling NT$548 million (US$18.34 million/€14.46 million), according to the latest statistics released by the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture.

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In the latest development of the US-Taiwan ractopamine dispute, the Taiwanese government has announced that it will be separating the permits for importing pork and beef, if it decides to allow in the US ractopamine-fed beef.

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A dispute over a proposed amendment allowing U.S. beef containing ractopamine to enter Taiwan has sparked a planned five-day, 120-hour filibuster by that nation’s minority Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

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Taiwan imported a record volume of beef during the first three months of 2012, with imports totalling 20,059 tonnes swt – seven per cent higher than the corresponding period last year (Global Trade Atlas), reports Meat and Livestock Australia.

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Taiwan imported a record volume of beef during the first three months of 2012, with imports reaching 20,059 tonnes swt – 7 per cent higher than the corresponding period last year (Global Trade Atlas).

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Following on from numerous campaigns in Taiwan to prevent the import of beef that has been produced using ractopamine, the government has announced that it will shoulder responsibility if there is anyone who falls ill because of food poisoning after eating US beef that contains the drug.

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A delegation from Taiwan has concluded that U.S. beef is safe following a tour of American facilities prompted by the most recent discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, according to a report by the Taipei Times.

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Taiwan imported a record volume of beef during the first three months of 2012, with imports reaching 20,059 tonnes swt – 7 per cent higher than the corresponding period last year (Global Trade Atlas).

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The Taiwanese veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in P'ing-Tung, affecting pig populations.

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Taiwan imported a record volume of beef during the first three months of 2012, with imports totalling 20,059 tonnes swt – seven per cent higher than the corresponding period last year (Global Trade Atlas), reports Meat and Livestock Australia.

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, in an apparent effort to step up pressure on Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers to lift the ban on US beef imports, is scheduled to join the KMT caucus meeting later in the week.

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Speaking on the sidelines of a Legislative Yuan committee hearing, Mr Hu said a supply glut is the main cause behind the recent steep decline in domestic pork prices, according to Focus Taiwan.

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A delegation from Taiwan has concluded that U.S. beef is safe following a tour of American facilities prompted by the most recent discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, according to a report by the Taipei Times.

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Taiwan imported a record volume of beef during the first three months of 2012, with imports totalling 20,059 tonnes swt – 7% higher than the corresponding period last year (Global Trade Atlas).

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A Taiwan delegation visited the American Meat Institute and the Consumers Union on Monday on its first leg of a trip to inspect beef production in the United States after a new mad cow disease case was reported in the country last month.

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Three poultry farm workers in Taiwan have tested positive for the H5N2 avian influenza strain despite not displaying flu symptoms, the country’s disease control authorities have announced.

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Measures such as quality checks before product launches and spot checks in the market will help enhance food safety and allow the public to consume products without concern.

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A total of 50 supermarkets run by agriculture associations in New Taipei City, Greater Kao-hsiung and Pingtung, Penghu and Kinmen counties are participating in the sale of frozen pork products, Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Bao-ji said, reports TaipeiTimes.

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A delegation of officials from the Department of Health (DOH) and the Council of Agriculture (COA) will shift their U.S. slaughterhouse visit to an earlier date due to the recent discovery of a case of mad cow disease in the U.S., according to COA Deputy Minister Wang Cheng-teng (王政騰), yesterday.

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The Council of Agriculture (COA) launched a pork promotion campaign on Tuesday, with discounts of 20 percent being offered on frozen products to help drive down the retail price of pork.

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Taiwan biotechnology scientists have published an evaluation of the effects of Chinese medicinal herbs on weanling pigs, given as a feed additive dietary supplement, in April’s Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition.

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The Philippines has suspended imports of Taiwanese poultry and related products following reports of the presence of avian influenza at chicken farms in Taiwan.

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It takes the prices of pigs at least 14 months to rebound back to the normal level, Chang Wen-shan, chairman of the Pingtung County Pig Farmers Association board of directors said yesterday, adding about 50 to 60 per cent of the country's pig farmers may go bankrupt.

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Allegedly the public was not told about a Foot and Mouth (FMD) disease outbreak which occurred in Changhua County in 2009.

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Representatives from the hog industry said Tuesday they are worried that around 50 percent of hog farmers will face bankruptcy by October this year due to falling pork prices in the country.

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Despite assurances of support from the government, the country's pig farmers, worrying that pork prices might remain low until mid-2013, yesterday expressed their belief that about half of them may go bankrupt within seven months.

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Dr Kwo-Ching Huang, of the Bureau of Animal Health Inspection and Quarantine Council of agriculture Taipei reports that 8221 layers have been destroyed in an on-going bird flu epidemic in the Chu-Tang Township, Chung-Hua, Taiwan, the OIE reports.

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The United States is continuing to challenge Taiwan's ban on meat imports containing residue of the leanness enhancer ractopamine at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a WTO official said.

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According to Focus Taiwan News Channel, the COA's (Council of Agriculture) move to control hog numbers auctioned in markets can only raise future hog prices, said Chang Wen-Shan, chairman of the Pingtung County Hog Farmers Association.

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Taiwan To Step Up Checks On Beef Imports To Detect Additive.

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Traces of two highly toxic feed additives were allegedly discovered in sausage products from T-Ham and Hsin Tung Yang.

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The Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday that two local companies allegedly selling sausages containing residue of the banned leanness-enhancing drugs salbutamol and cimaterol have begun recalling their products.

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Premier Sean Chen said Friday that the government will stick to its principle of treating pork imports as separate from beef imports and will not allow pork containing residue of the leanness-enhancing drug ractopamine to enter the country.

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The Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday that all hog farms in Taiwan will soon be required to guarantee that they have not used leanness enhancers in raising their pigs as part of a self-management program to ensure meat safety.

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