Opposition Demands an Apology

Opposition lawmakers yesterday morning demanded that Jiang apologize to the public over the recent edible oil incident; otherwise they would not allow him to deliver his report.

Before the afternoon legislative session resumed, Jiang told reporters outside the Assembly Hall that he apologizes over the oil incident and he hopes the nation's officials will think of the pain even when the pain is gone and do their job to ensure food safety.

Jiang was later allowed to deliver his policy report in the afternoon after he made the apology.

While delivering his report, Jiang said that over the past two years there have been two other major food safety scandals in Taiwan that caused concern and discontent among the public. Jiang said on behalf of the government that he would like to issue a sincere apology to the nation. He bowed and apologized for the second time.

He was referring to the incident in May 2013 when several local food products were found to contain starch tainted with maleic acid. Shortly after, there was an issue of adulterated cooking oil, in which a food company admitted to adding cheap cottonseed oil to soybean oil and marketing the product as pure soybean oil.

Jiang said he is furious that some food manufacturers would sacrifice the public's health and Taiwan's reputation in the pursuit of profit. He went on to say that he has requested relevant government agencies to levy the heaviest punishments possible on the violators.

The Executive Yuan has also formed a taskforce to handle the matter, he said, noting that the government will carry out the regulations properly to prevent a similar food scandal from occurring again in the future.

When asked by lawmakers which government officials should be accountable for the oil scandal, Jiang responded by saying that the issue will be handled as soon as possible. “Someone will be responsible for the incident if he or she should hold themselves accountable,” Jiang said.

Jiang added that the government has decided to alter the existing Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate system. He explained that currently the system issues the certification on a product-by-product basis, but the government will now require manufacturers who wish to take part in the certificate system to meet GMP standards for all of their products.

江道歉對石油醜聞

通過Lauly李本中國郵政
2014年9月13日，上午12:01 TWN

台北，台灣 - 超級江依樺（江宜樺）昨天下午鞠了一躬，在他在立法院施政報告中表示道歉在最近污點食用油的醜聞。

“我代表政府，我想我最深切的歉意擴展到所有我的同胞，”江說，他從小時候送他到立法院施政報告，防止因抗議活動由反對黨民進黨立法委員後，（民進黨）台灣團結聯盟（台聯）。

立法院新會昨日上午，其中首要的是必須使在大會廳的地址在每個立法會會期開始時就開始了。

反對黨要求道歉

反對派議員昨日上午要求江澤民向公眾道歉了近期食用油的事件; 否則不會讓他提供他的報告。

在下午的立法會復會，江告訴記者，大會堂外，他道歉過油事件，他希望國家的官員會覺得疼痛，即使疼痛消失了，做好本職工作，以確保食品安全。

江後來被允許發表施政報告後的當天下午，他做出了道歉。

同時提供的報告，江澤民說，在過去的兩年裡出現了兩個主要的食品安全醜聞在台灣引起了公眾的關注和不滿。江澤民說，代表他想發出真誠的道歉民族政府。他鞠躬道歉，第二次。

他指的是事件2013年5月的時候被發現了幾個當地的食品含有澱粉沾染了馬來酸。不久後，有一個問題，摻假食用油的，其中一家食品公司承認加入廉價的棉籽油大豆油和銷售的產品為純大豆油。

江說，他是憤怒，一些食品製造商將犧牲公眾的健康和台灣在追求利潤的聲譽。他接著說，他已要求相關政府機構徵收的最重處罰可能對違法者。

行政院也成立了一個工作組來處理此事，他說，並指出，政府將進行適當的規定，以防止類似的食品醜聞在將來再次發生。

當國會議員的政府官員應該為石油醜聞負責的要求，江回應說，這個問題將盡快處理。“有人將負責該事件，如果他或她應該對此承擔責任，”江說。

江澤民說，政府已決定改變現有的良好生產規範（GMP）認證制度。他介紹說，目前該系統發出的一個產品，副產品的基礎認證，但現在政府將要求製造商誰希望藉此在證書系統的一部分，符合GMP標準，所有的產品。