FDA LIFTS BAN ON BEEF FROM JAPAN, SWEDEN AND NETHERLANDS|食藥署解禁 日本牛肉最快九月開放進口

Since 2003, Taiwan has banned all imports of beef and cattle products from Japan, Sweden and the Netherlands, but the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that the ban on beef products from these three countries could be lifted as soon as mid-September. The Ministry of Health and Welfare says it had conducted a series of assessments in these three countries before it began to consider lifting the ban, and the FDA says it will still impose certain restrictions on beef imports. Only beef from cattle under 12 months of age is to be accepted from the Netherlands. As for Japan and Sweden, the threshold is set at 30 months of age. TRANSLATED BY：STELLA TU 荷蘭、瑞典以及日本牛肉，2003年以後，就不得進口到台灣，衛福部食藥署今天預告，這3國牛肉及產品、將有條件解禁，最快9月中公告解禁。 食藥署表示，未來這三國牛肉產品進口，須符合飼養100天以上、12到30個月以下月齡的牛隻，帶骨、去骨牛肉產品，衛福部先前到這三國實地查核，經由審核通過，最快九月中旬正式公告，這三國的牛肉恢復進口。這也是14年前，國內頒佈狂牛症國家、牛肉輸台禁令之後，日本和牛將可解禁進口台灣。