By Lin Chia-nan and Wu Cheng-ting / Staff reportersIllegal animal vaccines from China repackaged and disguised as liquor were seized at Kinmen Airport, Council of Agriculture (COA) officials said yesterday. The person admitted the actual liquid in the bottles was a duck vaccine they had smuggled from China, but did not clarify what disease the vaccine was for, officials said. The substance is to be analyzed by the council’s Animal Health Research Institute and results are expected in a week, he said. Police seized a total 240 liters of vaccines, enough for 300,000 ducks, Coast Guard Administration Kinmen Mobile Investigation Team Deputy Chief Hsu Yu-sheng (許育勝) said. Vaccines should be stored between 4?C and 8?C or they could spoil, but the smuggler did not use any refrigeration, Kinmen Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Director Wen Shui-cheng (文水成) said, adding that some bottles contained dead flies.

Source: Taipei Times June 24, 2017 15:56 UTC