EY spokesman steps down after beef noodle gaffeStaff writer, with CNATing Yi-ming (丁怡銘) has resigned as Executive Yuan spokesman after wrongly claiming that an award-winning beef noodle soup restaurant serves meat that contains ractopamine. Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) late on Sunday approved Ting’s resignation with immediate effect, Executive Yuan Secretary-General Li Meng-yen (李孟諺) said yesterday. From left, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City councilors Wang Hung-wei, KMT Taichung City Councilor Lo Ting-wei and New Party Taipei City Councilor Ho Han-ting yesterday ring the bell at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office to file a lawsuit against former Executive Yuan spokesman Ting Yi-ming. Ting, at a news conference held following the Executive Yuan’s weekly meeting on Thursday, said that the winner in this year’s Taipei International Beef Noodle Festival uses imported US beef containing the leanness enhancer. The statement was condemned by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), which accused Ting of spreading false information as a government spokesman and called on him to resign.

Source: Taipei Times November 16, 2020 15:56 UTC