Fines issued for smuggled meat from China amid swine flu scare

Passengers who were caught trying to carry meat products into Taiwan from China through customs were consequently fined while another has been charged by prosecutors for using air parcel service to deliver Chinese sausages into the country, the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA) said on Monday.

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