Fists and pig guts fly in Taiwan parliament debate on U.S. pork

Taiwan lawmakers throw pork intestines at each other during a scuffle in the parliament in Taipei, Taiwan, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Legislators from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party threw pig guts and exchanged punches with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to stop the premier taking questions, in a bitter dispute over easing U.S. pork imports.

President Tsai Ing-wen announced in August that the government would, from Jan. 1, allow imports of U.S. pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhances leanness but is banned in the European Union and China, as well as U.S. beef more than 30 months old.