• Taipei City: Will implement DOH regulations, has precision instruments for testing.
• Ilan County: Will implement regulations with the help of testing facilities at Ilan University. May need additional help from the DOH for detecting low melamine levels.
• Hualien County: Will implement regulations with the help of the Food Industry Research & Development Institute and the DOH’s testing station for eastern Taiwan.
• Taipei County: Will implement regulations with the help of the Hualien branch of the DOH’s National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Keelung City: Wants zero tolerance for melamine in foods, will refer testing to the Hualien branch of the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Taoyuan County: Will destroy any product found to contain melamine, will submit samples to DOH for testing.
• Hsinchu City: Wants zero tolerance for melamine, will submit samples to the Food Industry Research & Development Institute and the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Hsinchu County: Wants zero tolerance for melamine, can only test for 10ppm or higher.
• Miaoli County: Wants zero tolerance for melamine, samples will be submitted to the Hualien branch of the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Kinmen County: Will implement DOH regulations, has no testing equipment.
• Taichung City: Will implement DOH rules, submit samples to the Hualien branch of the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Taichung County: Maximum melamine level should be 0.05ppm, but equipment can only detect 2.5ppm.
• Changhua County: Zero tolerance for melamine, will refer samples to the Hualien branch of the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Nantou County: Zero tolerance for melamine, will submit samples to the Hualien branch of the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Yunlin County: Zero tolerance for melamine, will submit samples to the DOH for testing.
• Chiayi County: Zero tolerance for melamine, no equipment to test for melamine.
• Chiayi City: Zero tolerance for melamine, no equipment to test for melamine.
• Tainan City: Zero tolerance for melamine, samples will be submitted to the DOH.
• Tainan County: Zero tolerance for melamine, will submit samples to the Hualien branch of the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Tainan City: Zero tolerance for melamine, samples will be submitted to the DOH.
• Kaohsiung City: Zero tolerance for melamine, purchased new equipment last year capable of detecting 0.02ppm.
• Kaohsiung County: Will implement DOH regulations, conduct own testing.
• Pingtung County: Zero tolerance for melamine, samples will be submitted to the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
• Taitung County: Will implement DOH regulations, submit samples to the DOH’s testing station in southern Taiwan.
• Penghu County: Will implement DOH regulations, submit samples to the National Laboratories for Foods and Drugs.
SOURCE: LIBERTY TIMES
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