date:Jul 15, 2015
ciency has dropped to 33 percent, according to Jenny Yueh-Ing Chang, executive director of the International Life Sciences Institute in Taiwan. She said Taiwan is reliant on imports for fresh frozen and preserved vegetables and fruits, seasonings, instant noodles as well as tea, since in the last six months pesticide residue has been found on tea leaves in Taiwan.
More than 20,000 food businesses and food factories are operating in Taiwan, she said. Registration by these businesses will be mand