TAIPEI, Taiwan — Up to 87.5 percent of cold noodle products recently tested by the Consumers Foundation were found to contain

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A batch of Ovalteenies was found by the Department of Health to contain a bacterium over the safety level yesterday and was recalled, reported local media. The Cabinet-level health department notified its local counterparts on the finding of the bacteria Bacilluscereus in Ovalteenies batched EXP11051 03E1, continued the report.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has recorded another imported case of swine flu, officially known as influenza A(H1N1), a Department of Health (DOH) official said yesterday.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Thursday advised travelers to Southeast Asia to take proper precautions against dengue fever, as a high number of imported cases has been confirmed in Taiwan so far this year.

TAOYUAN, Taiwan — The Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau (MJIB) in yesterday confiscated over two hundred crates of alcohol in Taoyuan which were found to contain traces of cocaine.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported collective swine flu infections involving seven teenagers who recently entered the country from the United States, Canada and Hong Kong.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Consumers’ Foundation (CF) yesterday reported that in an air quality inspection of 11 hospital food courts, five yielded excessive amounts of formaldehyde, a carcinogenic chemical compound deemed a significant consideration for human health by the World Health Organization.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) continues its oil quality spot checks across the island, fast food chain stores in Taichung City passed with flying colors, local media reported yesterday.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — McDonald’s issued its first public apology yesterday since news broke that frying oil at fast food chains have been left unchanged, local media reported.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Suicide remained the second leading cause of death among young Taiwanese men and women aged 15-24 in 2008, with 60 percent of the cases related to relationship problems, a government official reported yesterday.