Taiwan: Not importing eggs from China is a bird flu prevention consideration

Some legislators questioned why the government does not import eggs from China. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Du Wenzhen sternly stated in the Legislative Yuan on the 27th that not importing eggs from China "has nothing to do with resisting China and safeguarding Taiwan. It is due to epidemic prevention considerations." Du Wenzhen said that because China has implemented bird flu vaccines, 99% of countries around the world do not use vaccines to prevent and control bird flu. Based on the priority of epidemic prevention, Chinese eggs are not imported. Legislator Su Qiaohui asked that the Ministry of Agriculture refused to import eggs from China on the grounds that China uses bird flu vaccines, which could easily cause the public to misunderstand that vaccination is a good thing. However, international standards do not use vaccines to prevent and control bird flu. China It does not prevent and control avian influenza in accordance with international standards, so it has never been ...