US Imports: Do not throw entrails at pork debate, speaker pleadsBy Jason Pan and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reportersLegislative Speaker You Si-kun yesterday asked Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers not to throw pig entrails during a legislative session later this week to deliberate on the government’s decision to allow imports of US pork containing ractopamine residue. On Friday, a consensus was reached during cross-caucus negotiations that the legislature would on Thursday review nine administrative directives related to allowing imports of US pork containing traces of the feed additive. The KMT caucus has said that it would protest the issue inside and outside the Legislative Yuan, and would mobilize party supporters. “If that happens again, with foreign and domestic media making reports ... it would be very harmful for Taiwan’s international image,” You added. Lu at the meeting told Christensen that the Taichung City Council, as well as the city’s residents, were opposed to lifting the ban on US pork containing ractopamine.

Source: Taipei Times December 21, 2020 15:56 UTC