Taiwan bans import of US beef due to "Mad Cow" Disease
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:16:39 GMT
Thousands of protesters demanded the Taiwan government
continue to ban US beef in a demo on Nov. 14, 2009, in Taipei.
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In a reversal of a negotiated deal with Washington,
Taiwanese lawmakers on Tuesday banned imports of some kinds
of beefs from the United States, citing health concerns.
Taiwan's Parliament approved a bill, prohibiting the imports
of the US-produced ground beef and cow offal, Reuters
reported.
"To protect the health of the people is a huge
responsibility of ours," said the Chinese Nationalist Party
(KMT) caucus. "There were hardly any opposition voices."
The amendment to the Act Governing Food Sanitation argued
against the imports of "risky" beef products from areas
where cases of mad cow disease have been documented over the
past decade, Chinese English-language newspaper Taipei Times
reported on December 30.
The first Taiwanese block on the imports came in 2003, when
the first case of the mad cow disease was reported within
the US borders. The island partially opened its market to US
beef imports in 2006.
Washington has played a role in pressuring Taiwan to reopen
its market.
The de facto US embassy on the island reacted to the ban.
"This action also undermines Taiwan's credibility as a
responsible trading partner and will make it more difficult
for us to conclude future agreements to expand and
strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties going forward,"
it said in a statement.
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