Executive Yuan orders watch on pricesBy Lee Hsin-fang and Yang Yuan-ting / Staff reportersThe Executive Yuan has asked the Consumer Protection Committee to monitor pork prices after an eatery raised the price of its lunchboxes made with domestic pork by NT$10. The price hike came in the wake of the central government lifting a ban on imported pork containing ractopamine, which took effect on Friday. The committee said that it would cooperate with local departments to stabilize pork prices if gouging is discovered. Restaurant owner Lee Wei-ing (李偉英) said that due to public concerns about imported pork containing ractopamine, the restaurant switched to domestic pork. “Taiwan-produced pork is more expensive than imported pork,” Yuan said, adding that prices for domestic pork reached about NT$72 per kilogram recently, higher than the same period a year earlier, but still within reason.

Source: Taipei Times January 02, 2021 15:56 UTC