Spicy boiled eggs are sold at a convenience store in Taipei in June 2023. CNA file photo Taipei, Sept. 27 (CNA) A six-month pilot program has been launched to help major retail outlets, including Taiwan's four largest convenience store chains, mark the origin of raw materials in processed egg products, Health and Welfare Minister Hsueh Jui-yuan (薛瑞元) said Wednesday. The move comes after it emerged earlier this month that the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) had ordered several processing companies to mark "Taiwan" as the country of origin for liquified eggs containing state-funded imports despite the products not meeting the legal definition of "substantial transformation.

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