Majority against US meat with ractopamine: surveyDIPLOMACY: Of the polls’ respondents, 67% said they disagreed that the Taiwan-China relationship was more important than Taiwan’s relations with other nationsBy Yang Chun-hui and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe majority of people oppose imports of US meat containing ractopamine, but remain optimistic about Taiwan-US relations, survey results released yesterday by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation found. Foundation chairman Michael You (游盈隆) designed the questions, and commissioned Focus Survey Research to conduct the survey by telephone. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei TimesOf the respondents, 66.3 percent opposed imports of meat products containing ractopamine, while 28.2 percent approved, the foundation said. However, the survey found that 60 percent of Democratic Progressive Party supporters approved of the imports, while 32 percent did not. The survey also found that 54.3 percent of respondents supported a referendum drive initiated by KMT lawmakers to reinstitute a ban on meat products containing ractopamine, while 36.1 percent did not.

Source: Taipei Times January 26, 2021 15:56 UTC