Macau’s authorities should provide evidence for claims that SARS-CoV-2 was detected on mangoes from Taiwan, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said yesterday.
The Chinese-language Macau Daily yesterday reported that a batch of mangoes from Taiwan was destroyed at the border after tests on Wednesday showed that the fruit carried traces of SARS-CoV-2.
The Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau implemented a one-week ban on products from the exporter that are from the same place as the mangoes, the newspaper said.
The report follows a ban by authorities in mainland China on mackerel from Taiwan.
The Chinese General Administration of Customs on Thursday last week said that
Starting from the entryway into the country, the airport, BAPHIQ aims first to make epidemic prevention information in Taiwan more accessible and second to announce updated policies to the public effectively.
Taiwan might file a complaint with the WTO against a Chinese ban on grouper imports, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said yesterday, after China claimed that it had detected the banned chemicals malachite green and crystal violet in fish imported from Taiwan.
The ban, announced on Friday and starts tomorrow, is the latest in a series of restrictions China imposed on Taiwanese farm products, including pineapples, custard apples and java apples.
Taiwan had called the bans unfair and politically motivated.
Malachite green and crystal violet are organic dyes used to exterminate parasites and treat viral infections on fish farms. Taiwan has banned
By Yang Yuan-ting and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan might file a complaint with the WTO against a Chinese ban on grouper imports, the Council of Agriculture （COA） said yesterday, after China claimed that it had detected the banned chemicals malachite green and crystal violet in fish imported from Taiwan.
Legislators yesterday urged the government to investigate and seize seeds that were imported from China and illegally sold in Taiwan through Facebook groups.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Michelle Lin (林楚茵) and Chao Tien-lin (趙天麟) at a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei warned about the risks the seeds pose to national safety and agriculture.
Lin said that she received a report in April that someone on Facebook was selling pepino melon seeds of unknown origin, and claiming that the seeds can prevent and heal cancer, as well as reduce blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
Another Facebook seller was offering