KINMAN FINDS SMUGGLED CHINESE VACCINE PUT IN LIQUOR BOTTLES |金門查獲走私 高粱酒瓶混裝鴨類疫苗

Several days ago, the Coast Guard Administration seized 210 Bottles of Illegal Chinese ''Poultry Vaccine'' in Kinmen. A woman attempted to smuggle these vaccines from China to Taiwan through recycled kaoliang bottles. These unidentified vaccines are a great threat to Taiwan's animal disease prevention. Bottles of Kinmen Kaoliang liquor were taken out from boxes and arranged in an array. However, if you take a closer look, you will find that they take on a light yellow color, and there are also flies inside. Several days ago, a woman surnamed Lee was arrested for smuggling duck vaccines hidden in Kaoliang bottles from China to Taiwan through Kinmen. The vaccines were bought from Chinese online shopping website Taobao at the cost of CNY$ 6 per bottle. ==HSU YU-SHENG Deputy Chief, Kinmen Mobile Investigation Team, CGA== The vaccines were put in Kinmen Kaoliang bottles as a disguise. They were planned to be sent to Taiwan to poultry farmers. Due to the recent unstable weather, which has weakened the immune system of poultry, Lee came up with the idea to smuggle avian flu vaccine to make high profit. This time, 210 bottles of vaccines worthy of over NT$ 10 million were seized. Although these vaccines were intercepted, they can still be easily found on Taobao. Some sellers even offer direct shipping to Taiwan, which is a great threat to Taiwan's animal disease prevention. Experts pointed out that unidentified vaccines may give rise to another flu outbreak. ==LAI SHIOW-SUEY Honorary Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, NTU== China is where avian flu was first reported. If these vaccines, which may contain traces of avian flu viruses, were smuggled into Taiwan, they may cause a new flu outbreak. In Taiwan, when a farm is confirmed to have been infected with highly pathogenic avian viruses, all its poultry must be culled. Currently, avian flu vaccines for poultry are not allowed. However, to minimize their loss, some farmers may risk buying vaccines to deal with the problem. The Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said that importing and using vaccines made in China is illegal. Those making or selling animal drugs will face penalties. TRANSLATED BY ARIEL HSIEH 海巡署偵破以高粱酒瓶、混裝鴨類疫苗的走私案件，日前，一名李姓嫌犯、企圖將中國的動物疫苗，以小三通的方式，要從金門空運到台灣，遭到查緝人員攔截，被查扣到的數量，高達210瓶，市價超過千萬元，更成為防疫的漏洞。 查緝隊人員從紙箱，拿出金門高粱，排列整齊，不過，仔細看，這瓶中的液體，全都是淺黃色，還有蒼繩在裡頭，不像是高粱酒，原來是一名李姓嫌犯，透過淘寶網站，以每瓶6塊人民幣的成本，購買鴨類的疫苗，混裝在高粱瓶裡，打算以小三通的方式，從金門空運闖關到台灣，遭到查緝人員攔阻。 ==金門機動查緝隊副隊長 許育勝== 利用分裝的方式 把它(疫苗)裝在高粱酒裡面 用寄送成高粱酒的品項 然後寄送回去台灣 來供養殖業者來注射 嫌犯看準，日前連日大雨，容易使家禽的免疫力下降染病，企圖走私禽流感疫苗來牟利，這次被查扣到數量共210瓶，市價超過千萬元，僅管這批走私品，沒有流入台灣，不過，其實在淘寶網上搜尋，都能輕易找到上百筆，賣禽流感疫苗商品，有些還可以直接配送來台，對台灣防疫造成威脅，有學者指出，施打來路不明的疫苗，最怕帶來另一波疫情。 ==台大獸醫系名譽教授 賴秀穗== 中國本來就是禽流感 發生源頭的地方 所以這些疫苗走私進來 它很可能有殘留禽流感的 活動病毒在裡面 所以一旦進來以後 打到我們家禽的身上 很可能會發生一種 新的禽流感的疫情 國內的家禽若確認感染高病原禽流感病毒，就得整場撲殺，有些養殖戶為了減少損失，冒險買疫苗來施打，防檢局表示，目前進口或施打中國製疫苗都違法，不管是製造或販賣動物禁藥者，都將面臨刑罰。 記者 蔡慧玲 林志堅 綜合報導