Recipients of illegal cross-border pork parcels were held accountable, 99 cases were seized in 3 months and 90 cases were excluded from punishment in Taiwan

Published 2022년 8월 30일

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Since May 2022, new measures have been implemented to prevent the illegal importation of pork products from Africa swine fever-affected areas, particularly during the Mid-Autumn Festival. These measures have led to the interception and investigation of 99 violation cases, with fines ranging from 200,000 to 1 million yuan. However, 90 cases were not punished as the recipients were unaware of the source of the pork products. The majority of the 9 cases under investigation are from China and Hong Kong, with the rest from Thailand and Vietnam. Additionally, the article discusses the decrease in illegal express deliveries and parcels due to relaxed border controls, but an increase in inbound passengers carrying pork products, leading to 63 fines from January to August this year. Also, the article highlights the risk of African swine fever in pig farms through the illegal use of food waste and the measures being taken to prevent it.

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The recipients were fined at least 200,000 yuan from May 20 when they mailed pork parcels from the African swine fever-affected areas to Taiwan with knowledge. It has been three months since the implementation of the new measures, and 99 international parcels of pork products were intercepted and inspected. Among them, 90 cases were excluded from the recipient's knowledge, and the other 9 cases are pending investigation, and no penalty cases have been issued yet. Next weekend is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The gates of the country are gradually opening, and in the future, the publicity and luggage inspection of inbound passengers will be strengthened to prevent illegally carrying pork through customs. The African swine fever epidemic in Asia started in August 2018 in Liaoning Province, China, and spread rapidly to other Asian countries. It has been four years since then. In 2022, two new epidemic areas, Thailand and Nepal, have been added. Taiwan has continued to succeed. Stop the ...

Source: Agriharvest