A new system for restructured meat labeling started on Dec. 17. The menus or food packaging for any restructured beef, pork, fish and chicken items sold in restaurants, snack outlets and supermarkets need to state that they must be cooked well if they are to be eaten. According to the law, the maximum fine for inaccurate labeling is NT$4 million.
Food and Drug Administration Deputy Section Chief Hsueh Fu-chin also pointed out that the new labeling system for restructured meats additionally states that any additive must be labeled in full, otherwise a fine of between NT$30,000 and NT$3 million could be levied. However, restructured, processed meat products such as pork balls, hot dogs, ham, hamburgers and sausages do not fall within the scope of the regulations, as the meat is minced during the manufacturing process.
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
Photo: Yu Hsueh-lan, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者余雪蘭
重組肉標示新制十二月十七日起上路！餐廳、小吃店及賣場販售的牛、豬、魚、雞等肉排，只要是重組肉，都必須在菜單或包裝上標示，並註明僅供熟食，若涉標示不實，依法最重開罰四百萬元。
食藥署副組長薛復琴並指出，重組肉標示新制另明定其食品添加物也應完整標示，否則依法可罰三萬至三百萬元。但摃丸、熱狗、火腿、漢堡肉和香腸等重組加工品，因製造過程中就將肉絞碎重組，不在新規定的範圍內。
（自由時報記者謝文華）
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