Government Not Interfering in Pork Price Rise
TAIWAN - Taiwan's pork prices have been affected dramatically due to the skyrocketing of international commodities.

Retail Pork Prices Rise Due to New High
TAIPEI - Hogs Taiwan were sold for NT$7,419 per 100 kilogram yesterday -- a new nine-year high -- due to a supply shortage, reports The China Post.

Welfare Recall Not Required in Taiwan
TAIWAN - Meat traders and dealers selling products from animals slaughtered in inhumane ways will not be asked to withdraw thier product from sale, says the Government. There are currently no rules mandating such a practice so such actions cannot be ...

Taiwan Supports Pig Management Workshop
TAIWAN - The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is currently holding three-day workshops on pig management.

Sugar Corp. denies hoarding feed and profiteering
TAIWAN - The state-run Taiwan Sugar Corporation has clarified that the it has not been hoarding animal feed for profiteering purposes, as charged by some lawmakers.

Relief measures urged for hog farmers
TAIPEI - Up to 60 percent of local hog farmers will be forced to shut down operations by the end of the year if the government fails to come up with effective countermeasures against rising feed costs and declining pork prices, said a lawmaker of the...

World's heaviest pig sacrificed
TAIWAN - The world's heaviest pig has been sacrificed as part of a religious ceremony, sparking fury among animal welfare groups.

AIT director touts safety of US pork
TAIWAN - American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Stephen Young said yesterday that pork containing ractopamine imported from the US was safe. He was expecting Taiwan's government to use a science-based approach to any decisions concerning future imports...

Taiwanese farmers urge continuation of US pork import ban
TAIPEI - Hundreds of angry farmers pelted riot police with rotten eggs Tuesday at a rally in Taiwan's capital demanding the government stand firm on banning US pork imports containing a controversial hormone.

Pig farmers will demonstrate against 'double dealing' on growth drug
TAIPEI - Local farmers say that they will demonstrate on Tuesday in Taipei, against the ban on local use of an animal drug while allowing foreign imports containing the same substance to enter Taiwan.

Pig farmers' opinions on animal drug will be heeded: gov't official
TAIPEI - In response to next week's planned demonstration by pig farmers in Taipei against a government plan to allow the use of a veterinary drug, Executive Yuan spokesman Shieh Jhy-wey said Thursday that the government will fully take farmers' opinions...

Pig farmers to protest use of animal drug
TAIPEI - Local hog farmers will demonstrate Aug. 21 in front of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Taipei office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) to protest a DOH decision to ease a ban on ractopamine -- an animal drug that promotes growth...

Hog raisers protest against possible easing of ban on animal drug
TAIPEI - Groups of hog producers from across the country staged a protest Friday in front of the Cabinet-level Department of Health (DOH) as they suspected that a ban on ractopamine -- an animal drug that promotes the growth of lean meat in pigs and cattle...

Pigs under scrutiny for ractopamine
TAIPEI - Pigs from Changhua and Nantou counties have been tested for the banned veterinary drug ractopamine. A series of blood and serum samples were screened after reports that the drug had been found in pork sold at local markets.

Test results on pig innards due by end of month: DOH
TAIPEI - Amid growing concerns about a banned veterinary drug used on pigs, the Department of Health (DOH) has said that local health officials have collected 40 samples of pig innards from traditional markets and that test results are due by the end...

Pig Farmers Ask For Ban On US Pork
TAIWAN - Harmful additive? : A drug used to cause pigs to gain lean weight, known in Taiwan as 'lean meat essence,' has turned up in local shipments and those from the US

Drug-contaminated pork destroyed
TAIPEI - All of the pork found in Miaoli County, northern Taiwan that was confirmed to contain the veterinary drug "ractopamine, " has been destroyed in an effort to protect consumers' safety and rights, said an official with the Miaoli County Department...

Ractopamine dialogue continues over US imported meat
TAIWAN - Taiwan's deputy representative to the United States, Stanley Kao, has said that Taiwan and the United States will continue communicating over concerns about US pork exports to Taiwan. Some products was recently found to contain ractopamine, a...

Pig farm with contaminated pork disciplined
TAIWAN - The Council of Agriculture (COA) has ordered a small pig farm in the central county of Changhua to suspend sale of its pigs for two months after its pork was detected to contain traces of a banned veterinary drug.

Contaminated Pork Has Not Entered Taiwan Market: DOH
TAIPEI - Department of Health (DOH) officials assured the public Wednesday that U.S. pork contaminated by the banned veterinary drug clenbuterol has not entered the Taiwan market.