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Taiwanese officials alerted by pork shipment
Quarantine authorities in Taiwan have vowed to step up
border inspections in the wake of information that a batch of Canadian pork was
being transhipped to Taiwan from Vietnam - a foot and mouth disease
(FMD)-infected country.
Threaten FMD statusThe transhipment, if allowed to
enter Taiwan, would seriously threaten the nation's listing as a FMD-free
country, observers said. Taiwan is currently listed by the World Organisation
for Animal Health as an “
FMD-free country with vaccination.â€
Pan Lien-chou,
president of the Swine Association, said that the 3,000 tonne shipment of fresh
Canadian pork was denied entry for an unknown reason when it arrived in Vietnam
around two months ago.
To reduce its losses, the Vietnamese importer sold
the pork to a Taiwanese importer at a discount price, Pan
said.
Strict banTaiwan imposes
a strict ban on fresh meat imports from
FMD-infected countries, including imports from
FMD-free countries that have
stopped over in
FMD-infected countries en route to Taiwan. Officials check
receipts to determine if imports have stopped in
FMD
-infected
countries and also examine package seals to ensure they have not been tampered
with.
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