KMT calls for support of referendum on US pork‘TAKE CHARGE’: Calling the president a ‘dictator,’ former president Ma Ying-jeou said that 60 percent of Taiwanese opposed importing US pork containing ractopamineBy Chen Yun and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday began a nationwide drive to drum up support for its proposed referendum to ban imports of US meat products containing ractopamine. While attending events in Taipei and New Taipei City, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) wore a shirt featuring a pink skull and the text “no ractopamine pork” in Chinese characters. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) on Saturday last week unveiled the ministry’s residue limits for US pork containing the additive, which are scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1 next year. Chiang said that the KMT would submit a petition for a referendum to prevent the importation of US pork as a response to Tsai’s use of an executive order to lift the ban. Out of 197 countries worldwide, 160 do not use ractopamine,” Ma said.

Source: Taipei Times September 12, 2020 15:56 UTC