Recently, the shortage of eggs in Taiwan has aroused public anger. In addition to urgently propose subsidies, the DPP authorities' "Committee on Agriculture" also announced that it will import eggs from the United States, Australia and Japan, and is expected to arrive one after another in late February. However, some Taiwanese netizens pointed out that the "Committee on Agriculture" will include Japan in the avian influenza epidemic area from November 5, 2020, and the ban on import of Japanese birds and eggs has not been lifted yet. It has also been found that imported eggs may involve Fukushima nuclear disaster food.
In response to the problem of egg shortage, Chen Jizhong, chairman of the DPP authorities' "Committee of Agriculture", said on the 9th that imported eggs from the United States, Australia and Japan will fill the gap by the end of February. According to Green Media’s report yesterday (15th), Jiang Wenquan, deputy director of the Animal Husbandry Department of the “Committee of Agriculture”, reiterated that “it is already underway. Some eggs are imported from the United States, Australia and Japan to fill the current gap in Taiwan. They will come in one after another after late February.” However, according to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", some Taiwanese netizens pointed out "What's wrong" in a well-known online forum.
"China Times News Network" reported that netizen aa923310tw revealed that because Japan had had severe avian influenza in the past, the DPP authorities' "Committee on Agriculture" removed Japan from the list of non-epidemic areas on November 5, 2020, and banned the import of live poultry, fresh eggs and other eggs in Japan. According to the verification by "China Times News Network" at 10 a.m. on the 16th, the relevant announcement information has not been updated, and the last update date is yesterday, which means that as of the time before the publication of this article, the aforementioned ban on the import of Japanese eggs by the Taiwan authorities should remain in effect.
"China Times News Network" reviewed the avian influenza information area of the official website of the "Agriculture Commission's Animal and Plant Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine Bureau" and checked until November 5, 2020. There were only two announcements related to Japan. The first article was the information that the "Agriculture Commission" removed Japan from the list of non-epidemic areas. The other content was that the "Agriculture Commission" pointed out on December 18, 2020 that a severe avian influenza epidemic broke out in Japan and South Korea, reminding poultry farmers to be alert.
In addition, netizens also found that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan issued an announcement as early as February 10 this year, pointing out that Taiwan, which has stopped importing Japanese eggs, has temporarily opened the import of Japanese eggs until March 31 this year due to the shortage of eggs. The content also pointed out that the eggs produced in Akita Prefecture , Hyogo Prefecture , Kumamoto Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture , Hiroshima Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture, Ehime Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture "each prefecture " can all be exported to Taiwan.
Because the DPP administration has just announced that it will open the import of food in five Fukushima prefectures in Japan, including Fukushima , Ibaraki, Tochigi , and Gunma 4 counties are all within the scope of exportable eggs announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. After the announcement was exposed, an insider added that it pointed out that among all prefectures in Japan, the number one egg production is Ibaraki , which caused netizens to have a lot of egg production. Shocked, "Is Fukushima nuclear egg coming so soon?"
"China Times News Network" reported, and Taiwanese netizens said, "In the latest announcement list, Japan is still not on the list of 'non-epidemic areas' for avian influenza. As a result, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on February 10 that it would restart the export of eggs to Taiwan, which makes people wonder, is the 'Committee of Agriculture' a subordinate agency of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries?" (Source: Taiwan "China Times News Network")
