From Taiwan avian flu H5N2 to see Belgian dioxin crisis

                     

Taiwan bird flu H5N2 of chicken, duck farms rushing through the entire island, after the birds owners informing the quarantine bureau, Pingtung epidemic prevention center only required reinforcement antibody to birds to cover H5N2 bird flu, resulting in a Taiwan epidemic outbreak. In 1999, a small country in Europe, Belgium also experiencing a food security crisis: farm animal feed contaminated by dioxin, leading to meat and dairy products, eggs banned the export, and triggered a global panic. But Belgium’s bitter experience has turned them over to a Michelin kingdom out of the global food security indicators. What about Taiwan?

                           

"Even an egg can be traced back to the source in Belgian" a local Taiwanese restaurant business owner said. “Implement the auditing is the key.” "Every time I see any news about food safety. The next day, on-site visits will show up. Although to reach the standard of the food Safety Authority inspectors have to pay a lot of costs, but if not, definitely paying more afterwards.” said a Brussels Chinese supermarket owner,

                               

The Belgium national Food Safety Authority is like a combo of Taiwan Council of Agriculture's Department of Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Food Agency, anti-seizure Bureau and the Ministry of Health, Welfare Unit Comprehensive Food and Drug Administration, emphasizing to start from the source. They put the entire food supply chain processes into the same jurisdiction mechanisms. In the Food Safety Authority, led by the European Food Safety Management, Belgium has became a pioneer. 2014 Economist Intelligence Unit Global Food Security Index (Global Food Security Index), Belgium at the "food security" (Food Safety) secondary indicators scored full marks, ahead of the global average of 56.1 points.
   
Painful memories of dioxin crisis 16 years ago, hit the Belgium national food industry, but the whole country was forced to start from scratch, and now look at it actually a pretty good thing. The Belgian meats bear the brunt of the storm, for example the well-known brand of raw ham Ganda Ham. They therefore establish fully automated traceability system, now getting "an Oscar gourmet circles," said the international flavor of the evaluation (ITQI) top award of three stars certainly delicious. Belgian dioxin incident once again for Belgium to realize that food safety is the most important thing from senior supermarket to traditional markets, for both the rich and the poor, are the same set of standards.

When Taiwan's food safety crisis, bird flu ... one after another to strike the entire food industry, it seems to lead the food industry to a dead end. Please take a look at Belgium, the same small, not many resources country, to learn how Belgium has pour her people together to create a safe and competitive ‘resume retroactive” Michelin kingdom!