Taiwan does not permit the import of cabbages from China and there are no records of any Chinese cabbages being imported this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today, following reports that cabbages in Hebei Province were dipped in formaldehyde.
A blogger posted a short video on Saturday alleging that a business in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, was dipping cabbages in a formaldehyde solution to prevent them from rotting before shipping them elsewhere, the China Business Herald reported.
Police are tracing where the cabbages were sent and have taken legal action against the people involved, the newspaper said.
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Similar reports of cabbage treated with formaldehyde in China have emerged in the past, despite efforts to ban the practice.
Chinese cabbage is banned from being imported into Taiwan under current regulations, FDA Northern Center for Regional Administration Deputy Director Tsai Chia-fen (蔡佳芬) said amid concerns that the problematic cabbage would enter Taiwan.
According to the FDA’s border inspection system, no Chinese cabbage was submitted for import inspection in Taiwan from Jan. 1 to Thursday last week, Tsai said.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s remarks that Taiwan is a Chinese province seeking independence threaten regional peace and stability and could undermine Taiwanese businesses’ confidence in investing in Malaysia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said today. Anwar recently made remarks implying that Taiwan is a province seeking to separate from China, effectively legitimizing Beijing’s position on using force to take Taiwan, the ministry said in a statement. The Republic of China, Taiwan, is a sovereign, independent country and is not subordinate to the People’s Republic of China, MOFA said, adding that that fact would not be changed no matter
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The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced yesterday that it will add more NT$500 (US$15.71) prizes to its bimonthly cloud invoice lottery this year, starting with the July-August draw on Sept. 25. Taiwan’s uniform invoice lottery is drawn on the 25th day of odd-numbered months -- January, March, May, July, September and November. Each draw covers receipts issued during the preceding two calendar months. Lou Mei-chung (樓美鐘), director-general of the MOF’s Taxation Administration, said the ministry decided to increase the number of NT$500 cloud-invoice prizes after assessing the prize redemption rate. The number of NT$500
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