Potato News from Taiwan

Taiwan authorities amended their quarantine documentation requirements for imports of fresh potatoes, both table stock and chipping potatoes.

Taiwan's health authorities will conduct stringent checks of potato suppliers after reports that French fries served at fast food restaurants were found with green patches.

In Taiwan, the Food and Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare is taking steps to remove artificial trans fat from Taiwan’s food supply chain.

As of April 1, 2013, fresh potatoes from the state of Colorado are approved to be shipped to Taiwan.

In Taiwan, the Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yeh Ching-chuan said a sweeping examination of cooking oil used by 1,580 restaurants and samples from oil producers and importers shows no traces of the toxic heavy metal arsenic.He assured consumers ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken said yesterday its prices will go down starting today.KFC has to cut prices to get back customers won over by a rival fast food chain, McDonald's. The catch is a customer has to buy a second meal to enjoy the 50 percent discount ...

Gerben J. Meursing, Managing Director of Commerce of AVEBE UA, arrived in Taipei recently to host the 6th anniversary of opening ceremony AVEBE (Far East) Pte Ltd Representative Office, one of AVEBE's subsidiaries. Meursing said, "We will streng...