Imported chicken conquered the Taiwan market, with a market share of 55%! Marked with loose thawing and repeated thawing, the Food and Drug Administration will try to "voluntarily mark slaughtering date".

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The amount of imported chicken has reached a new high, but the product label is not clear and the specification of imported and domestic chicken has repeatedly caused controversy. In this regard, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will promote the draft of "voluntarily marking the slaughtering date of chicken". Both domestic and imported chicken should be marked with slaughtering date (or production date) and effective date, and will be offered on a trial basis for half a year from December onwards. Supermarkets, supermerchants and volume stores are encouraged to participate independently, hoping to improve the disclosure of meat production information and ensure food safety for the Chinese people.

It is understood that it takes more than half a year for imported chicken to be transported to Taiwan, and it has been thawed at least three times in the process, and only the slaughtering date is printed on the imported carton, and the small package after sub-packing only has an effective date. On the other hand, all local chicken meat has to be marked with slaughtering and expiration date, and its expiration period is relatively short, and the management standards are "very different."

With regard to the new pilot regulations issued by the Food and Drug Administration, the Republic of China Chicken Association affirmed that it was an important step in promoting the marking of imported chicken, but frankly said that the effect was limited, because imported chicken mainly went to snack bars, restaurants and group meals. it is not on the list of members of this promotion, and in addition, the pilot is of an encouraging nature and has no actual binding force, calling on the Ministry of Health and Welfare to extend the regulation to all channels and adopt mandatory requirements. In order to ensure the sustainable development of the domestic broiler industry.