TVBS Public Opinion Poll (Amendment to Food Safety Management Act)

TVBS Public Opinion Poll

(January 4, 2010)

Survey Topic: Amendment to Food Safety Management Act

1.      The Legislative Yuan has planned to amend the Food Safety Management Act tomorrow to ban the importation of US ground beef and offals.  Do you support the Legislative Yuan’s decision?

Yes	64%
No	14%
Don’t know / No opinion	22%

2.      Some people say that if banning the importation of US ground beef and offals affects the relationship between Taiwan and the US, we should lift the ban. However, some say ban the beef import. What do you think?

Maintain the relationship with the US, allow the beef imports	16%
Don’t lift the ban	67%
Don’t know / No opinion	17%

3.      Lifting the ban on the importation of US ground beef and offals has stirred controversies. Who do you think should be most responsible?

President Ma Ying-jeou	33%
Secretary-General of the National Security Council Su Chi	10%
Health Minister Yang Chi-lian	21%
Don’t know / No opinion	36%

Note: The latest poll was conducted from January 4 with 1,031 people surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.3 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: TVBS Poll Center

http://www.tvbs.com.tw/FILE_DB/DL_DB/doshouldo/201001/doshouldo-20100105192937.pdf

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