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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Taiwan government responsible for illness due to consuming US beef
June 14, 2012 Taiwan government responsible for illness due to consuming US beef The Taiwanese government has announced that it will bear responsibility should anyone fall ill due to the consumption of US beef containing ractopamine, follow ...
Friday, June 8, 2012
Taiwan's majority shows favour over new US beef policy
June 8, 2012 Taiwan's majority shows favour over new US beef policy More than 50% of the Taiwanese public is in favour of the government's policy to conditionally remove a ban on US beef imports with the livestock leanness-enhancing drug ra ...
Friday, June 1, 2012
Taiwan's decision to allow US beef unrelated to visa issue
The decision of Taipei to allow US beef imports with a banned drug is not associated with US' willingness to include Taiwan in its Visa Waiver Program (VWP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday (May 30). Importing American beef c ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Taiwanese inspectors confirm safety of US beef
Seven Taiwanese delegates came back Sunday (May 27) from a 23-day safety check of US cattle slaughterhouses, farms and labs and affirmed that the US beef is in good quality. The team issued a press report upon landing at the Taiwan Taoyuan ...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Taiwanese legislature rejects once more US beef ban motion
May 14, 2012 Taiwanese legislature rejects once more US beef ban motion For the third time since the new mad cow disease finding in the US in April, an impromptu motion for talks on US beef import embargo was rejected in Taiwan's Legislatur ...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Taiwan requests to check US beef production line
May 10, 2012 Taiwan requests to check US beef production line A group of Taiwanese health and agriculture authorities on Tuesday (May 8) asked the US to let them examine its beef production line, after a case of mad cow disease in Californi ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Taiwan's legislature opposes US beef import ban
Taiwan's legislature voted against a spontaneous motion to discuss US beef imports ban Friday (May 4), amid concerns coming from the recent discovery of a new mad cow disease case in the US. Lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition cam ...
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Taiwan intensifies US beef import inspections
May 3, 2012 Taiwan intensifies US beef import inspections Taiwan's government has improved its checks on beef imports after last week's detection of mad cow disease in the US, Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta said Monday (Apr 30), as reported by ...
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Taiwan to stop US beef imports if BSE risk status rises
April 28, 2012 Taiwan to stop US beef imports if BSE risk status rises Taiwan will immediately cancel US beef imports and relevant products if the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) raises the US' mad cow disease risk status, Health ...
Friday, April 27, 2012
Taiwan to still import US beef amid mad cow disease finding
April 27, 2012 Taiwan to still import US beef amid mad cow disease finding The Department of Health of China said Wednesday (Apr 25) that it will still import US beef, despite the detection there a day earlier of a new case of bovine spongi ...
Friday, March 9, 2012
Taiwan's pig farmers dispute US beef plan
March 9, 2012 Taiwan's pig farmers dispute US beef plan Thousands of Taiwanese pig farmers protested Thursday (Mar 7) against the government's decision to conditionally lift an import ban of US beef with traces of ractopamine. Braving the s ...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Taiwan to allow US beef imports
March 7, 2012 Taiwan to allow US beef imports  The Taiwanese government has revealed plans to lift a ban on US beef containing ractopamine, paving the way for trade talks with Washington, according to media reports. The plan will allow impo ...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Taiwan recalls US beef with ractopamine
March 5, 2012 Taiwan recalls US beef with ractopamine   Last July, a meat buyer from Taichung has imported US beef that has tested positive for ractopamine residues, with some 300 kilogrammes of the 20,000-kg cargo recovered so far, a healt ...
Friday, February 24, 2012
Taiwan's pig farmers to protest US beef in March
February 24, 2012 Taiwan's pig farmers to protest US beef in March Taiwan's pig farmers will march a protest on March 8 against any move to lift the bans on US beef imports that contain residues of feed additive ractopamine, a representativ ...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Taiwanese activists dispute US beef imports
February 23, 2012 Taiwanese activists dispute US beef imports At the US mission in Taipei Wednesday (Feb 22), Taiwan activists protested against US beef imports treated with a controversial growth drug, adding that anti-American sentiment c ...

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