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The mainland will strictly investigate pork products from Taiwan, and the mainland strictly prohibits the import of meat products produced in Taiwan or transshipped through Taiwan. Taiwan's China Times News Network reported on January 31 that the statement of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on the 27th has aroused great concern on the island. Cai Wancai, chairman of the Taichung Confectionery Business Association, also expressed concern, saying that although the mainland ban did not clearly indicate whether pastries were covered, there was no shortage of raw materials for pastry cooking using lard, pork, etc., and he was afraid of being affected.
Screenshot of taiwan's Zhongshi News Network report
According to Taiwan's Zhongshi News Network, in this regard, Cai Wancai said in an interview with the Hong Kong media "China Commentary Network" on January 29 that Taichung pastries are one of the well-known traditional industries in the local area, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the pastry trade has shown an avalanche decline and suffered heavy losses. Now the mainland has announced a ban on the import of Taiwan meat products, because many of the pastries exported by Taiwan are more or less cooked with lard, and most of the pineapple crisps sold to the mainland also use cream, although the mainland ban does not specify whether to cover pastry products, but it is difficult to ensure that it will not be affected after that. Cai Wancai said that for now, the solution is that pastry practitioners may need to try to clearly mark and avoid restrictions.
Taiwan suncakes. Pictured from the Zhongshi News Network
According to the report, in response to the concerns of practitioners, the Taichung Municipal Economic Development Bureau claimed that the local pastry industry is dominated by the domestic demand market, so the mainland ban has little impact on the pastry industry.
Taiwan officially opened up U.S. pork containing ractopamine (commonly known as "clenbuterol") and U.S. beef imports over the age of 30 months this year. At a regular press conference held by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on January 27, spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian said that the mainland has always banned the use of ractopamine in animal breeding and strictly prohibited the import of meat products containing ractopamine. At the same time, because there are epidemics such as highly pathogenic avian influenza in Taiwan, in order to prevent the risk of epidemic introduction, the mainland strictly prohibits the import of meat products produced in Taiwan or transshipped through Taiwan. In order to prevent relevant meat products from flowing into the mainland market from Taiwan, the relevant departments on the mainland have recently stepped up inspections.