Agriculture minister defends egg imports amid mounting criticism

Minister of Agriculture Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) on Tuesday defended a program the government used to import 145 million eggs amid a shortage earlier this year, but apologized to the public for "turmoil" caused by critics whom he said had tried to "smear" the policy.

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