In turn, Shen was selling the fake vaccines at NT$65-NT$74 per dose, undercutting the price of genuine vaccines, which is NT$75 per dose, the prosecutors said. Pig farmers were duped because the vaccines carried a label and trademark, and were accompanied by an official looking certificate of authenticity, the prosecutors said. The Yunlin County Swine Association said that it was not clear how many pig farmers were affected, but those who bought the fake vaccines were "furious." Farmers in Kaohsiung also bought the fake vaccines, the hog farmers' association in the southern city said. It called on the government to help affected pig farmers obtain compensation of NT$3,000 per piglet from the suspects.

Source: The China Post May 16, 2017 09:45 UTC