Taiwan Targets Food Safety after Rash of Scandals

Taiwan’s government said catching companies selling tainted food following the island’s third major cooking oil scandal in a year is now a top priority. The flaps over altered cooking oil have scared consumers who thought Taiwan safe from food scams. The premier of Taiwan has ordered government departments to expose what he described as corrupt food manufacturers. This month, the government shut down oil processing at a plant that it says used animal feed oil from Vietnam and called it...

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