Taipei councilors accuse health officials of dereliction of duty over delayed carcinogenic oil report

worldjournal.com (Chinese)

Taipei city councilors filed a complaint against the Minister of Health and Welfare and the Director-General of the Food and Drug Administration for dereliction of duty. The officials are accused of delaying reporting a carcinogenic oil incident for 48 days, leading to a failure in government oversight and impacting numerous products and businesses. The councilors also called for President Lai Ching-te to apologize and Premier Cho Jung-tai to resign, citing a series of failures in food safety management.


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