Policy Articles

Japanese Officials Request Restraint over Taiwan Government's Decision on Food Imports

2015.05.06
The Interchange Association, Japan’s de facto embassy in Taiwan, has called on the Taiwan government to cancel its plans to tighten regulations on Japanese food imports right after the Executive Yuan recently declared that it will launch the measure on schedule. According to Joseph Yeh of...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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The Council of Agriculture (COA) Strengthens Ranch Sources Management to Facilitate Egg Hygiene and Safety Control Mechanism

Mei-Chen Lo, Min-Hsien Yang
2015.05.06
Regarding health & safety in the labeling of commercial eggs, COA will strengthen management at the source side of livestock farms and coordinate with Health and Welfare Ministry to handle the joint inspection (audit) work in order to ensure health and safe consumption of eggs. This gives...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Government Sets Up Agricultural Food Safety Services Zone to Clarify Food Safety Rumors on the Internet

Mei-Chen Lo, Min-Hsien Yang
2015.05.06
Source: Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, Taiwan It is true that Eating more hormone ripening pineapple could cause sickness, using potions could hasten the ripening of bananas? Tomatoes contain then fatal Solanum nigrum alkaloid, really?  A lot of friends forward these...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Guidelines for Strengthening Supervision and Administration of the Building of the Mechanism of Financial Services for “Agriculture, Farmers, and Rural Areas” by Rural Commercial Banks

Zhen Zhong
2015.05.05
Introduction: Recently, the Chinese government attaches great game importance to rural financial policy. This notice will strengthen the rural commercial banks’ supervision on rural financial services for “agriculture, farmers, and rural areas”. Chapter I General provisions...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural finance
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Pre-tax Deduction of Financial Enterprises' Loss Reserves for Agriculture-related Loans and Loans for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Zhen Zhong
2015.05.05
Introduction: In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulation on the Implementation of the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Finance and the State...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural finance
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