近日台湾爆发“问题淀粉”食品安全事件，中国国民党主席马英九29日主持该党中常会时表示，台湾当局将以“修法加重罚则或刑责”等6项措施，还民众干净安全的饮食环境。
Taipei (CNS) -- Agencies in Taiwan will ramp up efforts to ensure food safety and rebuild the reputation of Taiwanese food products, according to Taiwan's leader Ma Ying-jeou at press conference Wednesday.
Recent discovery that various food starch products contained the banned additive maleic acid have aroused public concern over food safety in the region.
A total of 230,200 metric tons of problematic starch-based products have been withdrawn from sale, according to Ma, who also released several measures aimed at tightening food safety.
The measures include more stringent penalties for violators and more urgency for the establishment of a food safety monitoring system.
Several other resolutions were also reached at a meeting on food safety held Wednesday evening.
The resolutions call for strengthened food safety checks by government agencies, swifter coordination and inter-agency cooperation, blocking chemical materials from flowing into the food production system, and an improved food safety reporting system.
近日台湾爆发“问题淀粉”食品安全事件，中国国民党主席马英九29日主持该党中常会时表示，台湾当局将以“修法加重罚则或刑责”等6项措施，还民众干净安全的饮食环境。
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