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Much Ado About Pork
[A breakthrough in US-Taiwan trade talks]
Taiwan’s decision to lift restrictions on US pork and beef imports has led to many goodwill gestures from the United States this week, including an announcement that trade talks will resume. In today’s Taiwan Insider: a closer look at the decades-long controversy over US pork and beef, and an explainer about Ractopamine, a pork additive that has people concerned.
PLUS:
-Sample beer at the Taipei Brewery with Andrew Ryan and Ellen Chu
-Reenacting ancient Chinese paintings, via RTI’s Russian Service
-Test your knowledge of the week’s news in our Lightning Round!
COVER SHOT: This photo was taken in May, 2016, when Taiwanese pig farmers attempted to force a stuffed pig into the legislature grounds in Taipei. They were protesting the proposed lifting of a ban on US pork containing the additive Ractopamine.
LINKS:
Articles on effects of ractopamine on livestock and humans: http://foodsafety.merieuxnutrisciences.com/2017/03/21/key-facts-about-ractopamine/
https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/ractopamine_factsheet_02211.pdf
https://www.fda.gov.tw/upload/133/06%20Human%20Safety%20Assessment%20of%20Ractopamine%20Conducted%20by%20Health%20Canada.pdf
National Palace Museum database: https://theme.npm.edu.tw/opendata/DigitImageSets.aspx?lang=2&fbclid=IwAR24CGU4FW9pTcw2xm9cyYzo9VPqo8y11OKWk2tNtPLBIaCSy5srDlXVFkY
RTI Russian Service: https://www.facebook.com/rtiruss/posts/3467953876557499
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Taiwan’s decision to lift restrictions on US pork and beef imports has led to many goodwill gestures from the United States this week, including an announcement that trade talks will resume. In today’s Taiwan Insider: a closer look at the decades-long controversy over US pork and beef, and an explainer about Ractopamine, a pork additive that has people concerned.
PLUS:
-Sample beer at the Taipei Brewery with Andrew Ryan and Ellen Chu
-Reenacting ancient Chinese paintings, via RTI’s Russian Service
-Test your knowledge of the week’s news in our Lightning Round!
COVER SHOT: This photo was taken in May, 2016, when Taiwanese pig farmers attempted to force a stuffed pig into the legislature grounds in Taipei. They were protesting the proposed lifting of a ban on US pork containing the additive Ractopamine.
LINKS:
Articles on effects of ractopamine on livestock and humans: http://foodsafety.merieuxnutrisciences.com/2017/03/21/key-facts-about-ractopamine/
https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/ractopamine_factsheet_02211.pdf
https://www.fda.gov.tw/upload/133/06%20Human%20Safety%20Assessment%20of%20Ractopamine%20Conducted%20by%20Health%20Canada.pdf
National Palace Museum database: https://theme.npm.edu.tw/opendata/DigitImageSets.aspx?lang=2&fbclid=IwAR24CGU4FW9pTcw2xm9cyYzo9VPqo8y11OKWk2tNtPLBIaCSy5srDlXVFkY
RTI Russian Service: https://www.facebook.com/rtiruss/posts/3467953876557499