Aviation police on Jan. 16 began manually checking carry-on luggage on flights from China, Hong Kong and Macau, as these have been identified as high-risk areas. As 16 new X-ray scanners began operating at the airport yesterday, visitors’ waiting times were reduced to about 1.5 minutes from seven minutes, said Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲), who visited the airport to inspect the machines. The council has dispatched 256 quarantine officials to work in shifts at the airport, while the Ministry of the Interior has sent 256 aviation police, Chen said. Starting from Dec. 18 last year, people caught illegally importing pork products face fines of NT$200,000 (US$6,505) for their first offense and NT$1 million for repeated offenses. Separately yesterday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said it inspected four meat processing factories in Kinmen on Jan. 29, but did not find any pork products imported from areas infected with the disease.

Source: Taipei Times February 02, 2019 15:56 UTC