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Taiwan government rapped for policy on US beef imports amid mad cow fears Sun Jun 26, 3:18 PM ET
TAIPEI (AFP) - Opposition politicians criticised the Taiwanese government's decision in April to lift a ban on US beef imports, after authorities reimposed the ban over the weekend following the discovery of a new US case of mad cow disease.
Taiwan reimposed the ban on Saturday but US beef which had been imported since April was not removed from sale.
The health department on April 16 had partially lifted the ban imposed in December 2003 after deciding that safety concerns had been alleviated. It allowed non-minced beef from cows aged 30 months or younger if high-risk parts such as brains and spinal cords have been removed.
"Unless the problem is properly solved, the budget of the Department of Health would be frozen," an angry Tsai Sheng-chia, legislator from the opposition People First Party, told reporters.
"We demand the Executive Yuan (Taiwan's cabinet) unveil the meetings and records regarding the lifting of the ban on US beef imports," said Chin Hui-chu, an official with the party's caucus in parliament.
A group of opposition parliamentarians had said they suspect politics was involved in the issue.
The United States was Taiwan's third largest beef supplier, selling some 14,000 tonnes or 55 million US dollars' worth of beef in 2002 and 19,225 tonnes worth 76.5 million dollars in 2003.
Taiwan has banned beef imports from 22 other countries where cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease have been reported.
Beef affected by mad cow disease is feared to cause in humans a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has claimed more than 140 lives.