A supermarket employee removes beef from the store's shelves

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A supermarket employee removes beef from the store's shelves

Patrick Lin

A staff member of a supermarket removes beef from the store's shelves in Taipei 2005. Taiwan will tighten checks on beef imports over food safety fears surrounding a controversial additive used to promote lean meat, officials said Sunday.