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Don't eat lots of green or bitter tasting potatoes or potato products and you'll be perfectly fine! (Courtesy: NDSU)
September 11, 2017
Fuzz in Taiwan about French Fries with green patches at McDonald's
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.
Taiwan
Partially hydrogenated oils will no longer be allowed in Taiwan’s processed food products (e.g. bakery products) under a bill proposed Sept. 7 by the Taiwanese Food and Drug Administration.
September 13, 2015
Taiwan to ban trans fat in processed food
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.
Taiwan
July 13, 2009
Cooking oil in Taiwan safe after all: no arsenic found in extensive additional testing
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 ...
Taiwan

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