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進入《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Woody Duh outlines export losses caused by tainted oil
Minister of Economic Affairs Woody Duh adjusts his spectacles during a question-and-answer session at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Duh confirmed that certain Taiwanese foods had been barred from 11 countries in the wake of the tainted cooking oil scandal. Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times
/ Staff writer, with CNA
Eleven countries and territories, mainly in Asia, have barred certain Taiwanese-made food products due to the cooking oil scandal, affecting NT$2.2 billion （US$72.4 million） worth of exports, Minister of Economic Affairs Woody Duh （杜紫軍） said yesterday.
The markets are China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile and the Netherlands, Duh told lawmakers during a legislative hearing.
He said the Ministry of Economic Affairs is still trying to communicate with China and Japan in the hope that they would change their policies of banning all products manufactured by companies affected by the tainted cooking oil.
Two oil processing units of Ting Hsin International Group （頂新集團） were found to have been using fats and oils intended for animal feed in many of their products sold to food manufacturers and bakeries, which eventually made their way onto consumers’ plates.
One of the companies affected is Uni-President Enterprises Corp （統一企業）, which has had to recall 17 types of beef-flavored instant noodles with condiments made using questionable beef tallow supplied by Ting Hsin.
Duh said the current food scandal had caused at least NT$12 billion in losses to the nation’s food sector as of last week.
That figure does not include the losses suffered by Uni-President.
Only a small portion of the food products manufactured in Taiwan are exported, Duh told lawmakers.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
