The General Administration of Customs of Mainland China said that Taiwan grouper has been found to have banned drugs, and quarantine must be strengthened. The Council of Agriculture stated today that the two companies have been disqualified from exporting to China and will be sampled by the Pingtung County Government today. When the results come out, there will be further responses. Lu Media Xinhua News Agency reported today that the General Administration of Customs of Mainland China notified on December 30 last year that Xiamen Customs had detected two prohibited drugs “Recessive Malachite Green” and “Recessive Crystal Violet” in live groupers exported from Taiwan to China. , In addition to the immediate suspension of the import of live fish from two farms in Taiwan, and the strengthening of quarantine on other live fish from Taiwan. The notification mentioned that from today (December 30, 2021), the acceptance of live fish declarations from Wang Zhiyi Farm and Dai Zhaozhong Farm in Taiwan will be suspended.
In a telephone interview with reporters, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Agriculture, Golden City, said that the two companies are currently temporarily suspending their qualifications for exporting and selling live groupers to mainland China, while Taiwan’s live grouper trade with mainland China is still going on normally. Will strengthen the breeding management of the counseling industry.
The reporter also interviewed Lin Guoping, deputy director of the Fisheries Department of the Council of Agriculture. He said that after receiving the notification from the Prevention and Inspection Bureau of the Council of Agriculture, it is already being processed. Currently, the results of sampling and inspection are to be released. As for normal times, the Department of Fisheries has listed aquatic products on the market. Previously, product inspection plans were implemented, and random inspections were used to implement them.
He also said that the transportation of live fish by ship is pure seawater for a living. The water temperature is higher in summer, so ice and precipitation will be added to stabilize the live fish during the transportation process; the one-way arrival in mainland China in 24 hours and Hong Kong in 48 hours.
During the interview, Xu Rongbin, deputy director of the Prevention and Inspection Bureau of the Council of Agriculture, said that in addition to removing these two companies from the list of exporting to mainland China, the Pingtung County government has taken samples from the breeding ponds of these two companies today. Have to wait for the test results to be released before we have further understanding.
The Department of Fisheries added that from January to November 2021, 6021 metric tons of live groupers were exported from mainland China, which would be about 12,000 metric tons before the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) epidemic, which is twice the difference.
The Department of Fisheries also stated that there are currently 6 live fish transport ships to mainland China, as long as they have obtained the “Export Animal Product Quarantine Certificate” issued by the Bureau of Inspection and Quarantine and the “Certificate of Origin” issued by the Bureau of International Trade and Industry, they can supply them to Transport the ship.
Xu Rongbin explained that both “recessive malachite green” and “recessive crystal violet” are pigments that have inhibitory effects on molds. The former can be used in the early stage, but later studies have shown that it will remain and cause cancer risk to the human body, so it is prohibited; As for the latter, because most people don’t use it for aquatic products, there is no special management.