Appeals to grand justices could resolve debate: KMT
PORCINE PREDICAMENT:
Local governments that want to file for constitutional interpretations of their food safety rules could be helped by the KMT, Yeh Ching-yuan said
By Lin Liang-sheng, Lu Yi-hsuan and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Local governments could seek a constitutional interpretation if the central government decides to nullify local municipalities’ food safety regulations demanding “ractopamine-free” products, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Evaluation and Discipline Committee director-general Yeh Ching-yuan (葉慶元) said yesterday.
Media reports have cited an anonymous Cabinet official as saying on Saturday that the central government was considering whether to nullify such new food safety regulations, but a decision would not be made until the Executive Yuan communicated further with local governments, hoping that they would drop plans for such rules.