KMT slams DPP’s pork import rulePORK FEED ADDITIVES: As the government is to allow US meat imports containing ractopamine residue, the opposition accuses Tsai of peddling a backroom dealBy Sean Lin / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday called on the government to reverse its decision to lift the ban on US pork containing ractopamine residue, saying that public health and farmers are not to be bargained with. Even Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers had not been informed of the decision until yesterday noon, which shows the administration’s opaque decisionmaking process, Lin said. The Executive Yuan has not laid out any plans to help them cope with the import of US pork, Lin said. Tsai had made Taiwan a vassal state of the US, Lin said, adding that Tsai should report to the legislature on how the decision was made. When the DPP was the opposition party, it vigorously opposed the import of US pork containing ractopamine, but it has made a U-turn now that it is in power, KMT chairman Johnny Chiang said (江啟臣).

Source: Taipei Times August 28, 2020 15:56 UTC