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A growing emphasis on social and environmental responsibility among major U.S. corporations has begun influencing the practices and operations of their Taiwanese supply chain partners as well.
Last summer, President Tsai Ing-wen announced that starting from the first day of 2021, Taiwan would allow the importation of U.S. pork containing trace amounts of ractopamine. Some Taiwanese have decried the decision as submission to pressure from Washington.
That the debate over ractopamine got heated was no surprise. Although moderate use of this leanness-enhancing feed additive is approved by Codex Alimentarius, the UN-affiliated food safety body, ractopamine remains banned in much of the world, and pork is a key part of the Taiwanese diet.