CEC mulls referendum to ban ractopamine porkBy Huang Hsin-po and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday held a hearing on a referendum proposal to ban imports of US pork treated with the controversial feed additive ractopamine. Central Election Commission members in Taipei yesterday attend a hearing on a referendum proposal submitted by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative caucus whip Lin Wei-chou. Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei TimesMost experts participating in the hearing said that Lin’s proposal met the qualifications of a national referendum, the commission said. Lin rebutted Hsueh’s remarks, saying that as pork containing ractopamine would be cheaper, the annual consumption would rise after it enters the local market. After Japan allowed imports of pork containing ractopamine 15 years ago, the treated pork eventually accounted for more than 50 percent of its total imported pork, Lin said.

Source: Taipei Times November 06, 2020 16:02 UTC