US Meat Imports: KMT to attempt to block ractopamine at local levelBy Huang Ming-tang, Lin Liang-sheng and Chou Min-hung / Staff reportersThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday said it is planning to push for cities and counties nationwide to implement ordinances that would effectively ban pork containing ractopamine. Members of the Hsinchu City Council’s Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus hold a news conference on US meat imports in the city yesterday. Photo: Hung Mei-hsiu, Taipei TimesThe KMT said that it would supervise the central government’s decision through its caucuses in county and city councils or set local ordinances to block it. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee chairwoman Alicia Wang points to a poster titled: “Risk assessment black box!” during a news conference on US meat imports in Taipei yesterday. Some cities and counties have already formulated ordinances banning ractopamine, he said, adding that KMT city and county caucuses would demand that local governments enforce those ordinances.

Source: Taipei Times August 31, 2020 15:56 UTC