Page 94 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Dining (3) Strengthening prevention of classical swine fever (hog cholera) Classical swine fever (hog cholera) is classied as a “Type A” infectious disease under Taiwan’s “Statute for Prevention and Control of Infectious Animal Disease.” In order to prevent a classical swine fever outbreak in Taiwan, in 2018 the COA, acting in accord with the “Regulations of Required Vaccines and Their Management for Elimination of Classical Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease” (hereafter the “Management Regulations”) stipulated that pigs must be vaccinated against classical swine fever according to a pre- set schedule. Based on data from the Animal Health Research Institute, there have been no conrmed cases of classical swine fever in Taiwan since 2007. In order to ensure animal welfare, it is expected that the “Management Regulations” will be amended in 2021 to ban the use of lapinized hog cholera vaccine (which is currently sold on the market), so that as of the coming into effect of these amended “Management Regulations” on January 1, 2022, only two types of vaccines can be used in Taiwan: (i) hog cholera tissue culture vaccine, and (ii) E2 genetically modied subunit vaccine. 92 The Language of Food Unit 3: Building Food Security and Agriproduct Safety Systems of harmful organisms In 2018, the COA conducted monitoring and surveying for major organisms harmful to plants, including rice blast, bacterial leaf blight of rice, brown planthopper, and corn thrips, on 5,503 occasions. Based on the results of these surveys, we issued 68 early warnings and alerts for rice blast, lychee stink bugs, and other infestations, and through the “Field-Side Assistance” system sent out 33,786 emails, 26,097 text messages, and 8,723 faxes to remind farmers to take notice and prevent these organisms from causing harm to their crops. In addition, a total of 3,759 diagnostic cases were brought to a conclusion at 26 “diagnostic consultation service stations.”