Reported 9 months ago
The ongoing controversy surrounding the Central Livestock Association's imported eggs project has raised suspicions of significant discrepancies in egg imports and questionable practices in obtaining import permits, breaching government procurement laws. Despite the controversies, the Department of Agriculture has delegated the investigation to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office claiming no investigative powers. This has shed light on the lack of supervision over the Livestock Association, mainly funded by massive subsidies from the Agricultural Department. The investigation further revealed misuse of subsidies, lack of accountability in procurement processes, and lack of balanced production and prediction mechanisms in the egg industry, leading to imbalances between demand and supply, and an opaque judicial process in exposing the truth behind the scandals.
Source: YAHOO