Pig guts fly in Taiwan parliament protest over easing of restrictions on US pork imports

Legislators from Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang party threw pig organs and exchanged blows with other lawmakers in the self-ruled island’s parliament on November 27, 2020, amid a row over the easing restrictions on US pork imports. President Tsai Ing-wen announced in August that the government would allow imports of US pork containing ractopamine, a feed additive which helps pigs stay leaner. The supplement is banned in places like the European Union and China over concerns about its possible…