Taiwan Increasing Labeling Requirements for Imported Chicken

Taiwan is tightening labeling requirements for imported chicken products to urge “retail outlets” to label slaughter and production dates on all imports, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report released Aug. 23. Taiwan’s Food And Drug Administration urged companies to comply with the change in a recommendation published Aug. 13, USDA said. Taiwan plans to first impose a “trial program requesting voluntary labeling on all poultry meat and products sold at convenience stores, supermarkets, and hypermarkets” before the measures are officially imposed, the report said. USDA said the country did not release a date for when the trial would begin, but said it would impact about 10 percent of the country’s U.S. chicken imports.