Pig farmers urge strict enforcement of import rulesStaff writer, with CNAPig farmers on Saturday called for strict implementation of rules on the amount of ractopamine residue allowed in imported US pork products, as well as inspection and labeling. Tseng Sheng-cheng (曾勝誠), who represents pig farmers in Tainan, said the government could introduce third-party inspections and make them at least as frequent as those applied to domestically produced pork. Wang Chung-li (王忠禮), who represents Kaohsiung pig farmers, said that he hoped the government could adopt even stricter limits on pork organs containing the leanness-enhancing drug, adding that pig farmers’ associations nationwide would hold a meeting on Wednesday next week to come up with more suggestions for the government. The commission’s guideline for pig kidneys is 90ppb of ractopamine. At present, Taiwan only allows imports of US pork and pork products if they are free of any trace of ractopamine.

Source: Taipei Times September 06, 2020 15:56 UTC