"Power of the Times" "Legislator" Wang Wanyu (left) said that Chen Shizhong claimed to do 100% inspection of US pig border, but the inspection rate of imported meat was only 4%, and the failure rate was nearly 1/4. He asked the Taiwan Health and Welfare Department to Make it clear. (Photo by Liu Zonglong) Image source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News"
The Democratic Progressive Party authorities announced that they will open up the import of American pigs containing ractopamine (clenbuterol), raising food safety concerns, "Power of the Times" and "Legislator" Wang Wanyu said yesterday Taiwan's health and welfare department admitted in the 2016 "Food Safety Policy White Paper" that the existing manpower cannot bear the amount of inspections, and in the past three years, the inspection manpower has decreased instead of increasing. The inspection rate of meat and related products is only 4%, and the failure rate is nearly 1/4. How should Chen Shizhong’s statement that he will comprehensively inspect lean and exquisite pigs be implemented? "Shili" "Legislator" Chen Jiaohua advocated that delicate pig products containing lean meat should be fully labeled.
The "Shili" party group held a press conference yesterday on "Comprehensive Inspection of Drug Labels" and invited personnel from Taiwan's health and welfare departments to attend and explain. However, the health and welfare departments did not send personnel to the scene. Wang Wanyu criticized that the health and welfare departments have always refused to respond to questions from the outside world. I would like to come forward and explain that my attitude is negative. Although Chen Shizhong claimed that he would do a good job in border inspection of US pig imports, the inspection rate of meat and related products in the past three years was about 4%, and the failure rate was nearly 1/4. How to implement 100% inspection in the future.
In addition, according to the inspection situation of "meat products and processed products" on the market in recent years, there are less than 2,000 inspections a year. The management manpower of each county and city has not increased but decreased, and the formal management manpower of each county and city has not increased but decreased. , from 715 last year, to 684 this year. If we include the Taiwan authorities’ inspection manpower of only 767, it means that one person has to serve nearly 30,000 people. He also has to be responsible for the management of other drugs, cosmetics, etc., and the workload is heavy.
Wang Wanyu called on Taiwan's health and welfare departments to gradually complete Chen Shizhong's commitment to implement 100% inspection supporting measures before opening up the import of American pigs and cattle, including supplementing the manpower and resources for border inspection work to ensure that other food inspection energy is not crowded out.
Chen Jiaohua said that pork in the United States and Canada has begun to label "ractopamine-free" and suggested that Taiwan's competent authorities should adopt relevant mechanisms to compulsorily label whether meat and processed products contain ractopamine, so that consumers can have clear information and make decisions. choose.
Chen Jiaohua emphasized that the "Shili" party group opposed the opening of pig offal imports, and also called on Taiwan's health and welfare departments and Taiwan's "Council of Agriculture" to actively apply for additional goods for pig offal as soon as possible, regardless of whether the import of US pig offal is opened. Only by listing the classification numbers can border control and quantity statistics be carried out to facilitate follow-up tracking.
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