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Japan, Taiwan ban Swedish pork/pigs due to ASF

The list of countries that have banned pork products from Sweden is growing as Taiwan instituted mechanisms to stop imports. Earlier, Japan had temporarily...

Taiwan extends egg imports from Thailand

Taiwan will continue to import chicken eggs from Thailand until June 30, 2024, to ease its domestic egg shortage caused by the weather and...

Taiwan eyes CSF-free status from WOAH

Taiwan stopped vaccinating pigs against classical swine fever (CSF) in July 2023. This paves the way for its Council of Agriculture (COA) to apply...

Thai eggs secure new buyer in Taiwan

Thailand expects to export 500,000 eggs daily to Taiwan by end-2023, the Department of Livestock Development revealed. Taiwan, said to consume about 20 million...

Taiwan mulls egg imports from the Philippines

Taiwan is looking to diversify its sources of imported eggs, and the Philippines is on the radar, said Taiwan Council of Agriculture Minister Chen...

Taiwan raises fines on smuggled pork

Taiwan has increased fines on pork products from Singapore after the latter confirmed its first ASF case in a wild boar carcass. Taiwan raised...

Subsidies boost Taiwan pig industry

Subsidies from the Taiwanese government are boosting its pig industry. The Council of Agriculture said it spent USD 133 million to help producers refurbish...

Taiwan aims for CSF-free recognition

Taiwan is aiming for WOAH’s recognition as free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) by 2025. The Council of Agriculture announced the eradication of CSF,...

Taiwan culls 116,000 chickens due to H5N1

Yunlin county in Southern Taiwan has culled about 116,000 chickens due to H5N1 avian influenza (AI), its Animal Disease Control Center said. Two affected...

Taiwan aims for disease-free status to boost pork exports

Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture announced on January 6 that it has eradicated FMD and Classical Swine Fever (CSF) from its herds and has kept...

Taiwan heightens ASF alert ahead of Lunar New Year

Taiwan is on heightened alert for possible ASF breaches as the Lunar New Year approaches. Demand for traditional pork-based products peaks during the season,...

Taiwan rejects unapproved ASF vaccine

Taiwan will not use vaccines that are not approved by the World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH), said Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung....

Mycotoxins contaminate corn samples in Taiwan

In the 2021 harvest, all the corn samples in Taiwan were contaminated with mycotoxins. Of these, 89% were contaminated with more than one mycotoxin...

Taiwan group urges McDonald’s to stop using cage eggs

The Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (East) demonstrated in Taipei recently to urge QSR giant McDonald’s to stop using eggs from battery-farmed hens....

Taiwan tightens control on pork parcels to prevent ASF infection

Taiwan tightened its control on pork imported as parcels to prevent introducing the ASF virus into the country. According to the Central Emergency Operation Center,...

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