# Epidemic Prevention and the Kitchen Waste Battle 08: Pingtung Speaks Out on the Impact of the Kitchen Waste Ban on the Black Pig Industry Chain and the Need to Pay Attention to Non-Food-Waste Feed

> To prevent African swine fever, Taiwan’s government has banned feeding pigs kitchen waste, a measure that directly affects the black-pig industry, which relies heavily on it. Pingtung County’s agriculture director urged the government to develop suitable alternative feed and include ingredients such as meat and bone meal in its disease-prevention planning.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T03:07:25.982Z
- Category: disease · region Taiwan · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/88494-epidemic-prevention-and-the-kitchen-waste-battle-08-pingtung-speaks-out-on-the
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Replacing kitchen waste could increase demand for alternative feed ingredients such as meat and bone meal, while higher feed costs or tighter feed availability could pressure black-pig production and support hog prices.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲
- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-02-01 | [Year of the Pig: Swine fever threatens China’s pork industry \| CNN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60498-year-of-the-pig-swine-fever-threatens-china-s-pork-industry-cnn.md) | -1.0% | -2.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-25 | [African swine fever: China’s chicken farmers feeling the pinch as pork crisis takes toll on poultry industry \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55714-african-swine-fever-china-s-chicken-farmers-feeling-the-pinch-as-pork-crisis.md) | +0.2% | -0.2% |
| HOGS | 2022-05-01 | [Animal diseases in one species could impact us all \| PetfoodIndustry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16274-animal-diseases-in-one-species-could-impact-us-all-petfoodindustry.md) | +0.5% | +6.1% |
| HOGS | 2019-03-21 | [China's pork imports to double in 2019 as swine fever hits local output
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60093-china-s-pork-imports-to-double-in-2019-as-swine-fever-hits-local-output-the-pig.md) | +11.1% | +23.1% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-24 | [African swine fever hits Chinese pork industry in run-up to New Year \| China \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62433-african-swine-fever-hits-chinese-pork-industry-in-run-up-to-new-year-china-the.md) | +3.1% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- mysheen.com: https://www.mysheen.com/a867874

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