SWINE FEVER FEAR: Ahead of Lunar New Year, an official reminded people not to bring pork into Taiwan, including Cantonese ‘chicken cakes,’ which actually contain the meatBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
By Yang Yuan-ting and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan has become free of foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever without the need for vaccination, an achievement matched by no other nation, a Council of Agriculture （COA） official said yesterday.
From left, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Liu Chien-kuo, Legislative Speaker You Si-kun and Council of Agriculture Minister Chen Chi-chung attend a news conference in Taipei yesterday to promote pomelos from Yunlin County’s Douliou City. Top-quality pomelos from Douliou are often in high demand ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Sept. 10 this year.