COOKING OIL SCANDALS PROMPT CALL FOR TAIWAN FOOD SAFETY CHECKS REFORM
October 1st, 2014
A second major food safety scandal in Taiwan within the past two months has prompted a call for the reform of existing certification systems. These involve food products and manufacturing being assessed for good manufacturing practice (GMP) and certified Taiwanese agricultural standards (CAS). But on October 11, Taiwan consumer authorities ordered the recall of 54 cooking lard products of major Taiwan-based food producer Ting Hsin International because more than 850 tonnes of cooking lard oil it imported from Vietnam this year had been meant for animal use. In ...
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