Food security and safety

Safety Management of Agricultural Products in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
I. Enhance Safety Management 1. Promotion of GAP certified safe fruits and vegetables: There were 2,127 GAP listed agricultural production and sales groups at the end of 2014. Those farmer production and sales groups cover a total of 25,719 hectares. With a plan of production traceability...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Recent Implementations in Promoting Local Production and Local Consumption of Taiwanese Food

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
For the past few years, consumers have been paying attention to food security and the logistics of food distributions from farm sources.. This emerging consumer trend encourages multiple ways of innovative marketing aligned with the concept of community supported agriculture (CSA) beyond the...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Japanese Officials Request Restraint over Taiwan Government's Decision on Food Imports

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
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
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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