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Increasing destruction of illegal imported agricultural farmer and assures consumer rights
2006-03-07
The Council of Agriculture currently is working with customs officials and inspections agencies to strengthen smuggling prevention measures and is stepping up destruction of illegal imports to reduce the possibility of disease and spread of insects and to stabilize domestic farm product local prices. Last year, a total of 1,675 metric tons of illegal goods were seized. Among them were garlic, apples, day lilies, cereals, beetle nuts ,peanuts. Smuggling and illegal speculation have been successfully dealt with.
The Council has stated that smuggling trespasses on consumer’s rights and affects local farmers’ income. According to customs laws, fines for smuggled goods are one to three fold. Customs officials are instructed to follow customs procedures to sell the confiscated goods and they may enter the market after meeting import regulations. COA follow the procedures on processing of smuggled products assign horticultural and animal products which ban from selling to the domestic market. And because of the sensitivity of those products, they are all destroyed to maintain the in stabilization of the market.
As a means to protect the security of the citizenry and to avoid the advent of auctioning seized seafood, 30 products were added to the list that should be destroyed when seized. This 30 seafood include clams , abalone, calamari, giant tiger prawn, white leg shrimp, sweet fish, trout, tilapia, sole, groupers, perch, hairy crab.
The Council of Agriculture continues to cooperate with the agencies that seize smuggled goods to improve port storage and investigation procedures and fishing port, maritime anti-smuggling work and inspection of goods on the market. These are necessary procedures to protect the rights of the local farmers. The Council reminds all not to do business in products that are of unclear origin so as to avoid losses,affect the market and damage health. People should work together to have suspicious goods inspected and do what they can to eliminable illegal activity. If find suspicious smuggling activity, please call 0800-054-300(COA) or 0800-039-131(BAPHIQ,COA).
The Council has stated that smuggling trespasses on consumer’s rights and affects local farmers’ income. According to customs laws, fines for smuggled goods are one to three fold. Customs officials are instructed to follow customs procedures to sell the confiscated goods and they may enter the market after meeting import regulations. COA follow the procedures on processing of smuggled products assign horticultural and animal products which ban from selling to the domestic market. And because of the sensitivity of those products, they are all destroyed to maintain the in stabilization of the market.
As a means to protect the security of the citizenry and to avoid the advent of auctioning seized seafood, 30 products were added to the list that should be destroyed when seized. This 30 seafood include clams , abalone, calamari, giant tiger prawn, white leg shrimp, sweet fish, trout, tilapia, sole, groupers, perch, hairy crab.
The Council of Agriculture continues to cooperate with the agencies that seize smuggled goods to improve port storage and investigation procedures and fishing port, maritime anti-smuggling work and inspection of goods on the market. These are necessary procedures to protect the rights of the local farmers. The Council reminds all not to do business in products that are of unclear origin so as to avoid losses,affect the market and damage health. People should work together to have suspicious goods inspected and do what they can to eliminable illegal activity. If find suspicious smuggling activity, please call 0800-054-300(COA) or 0800-039-131(BAPHIQ,COA).
