Lee Yuan-chin, chief of the Forest Division at the Council of Agriculture's Forestry Department, says that last July the Council designated the pine wood nematode a quarantinable pest, and announced that imported timber would in future be subject to more stringent inspections, to prevent the unintentional introduction of diseases into Taiwan.
農委會森林科科長李遠欽表示，去年七月，已發佈線蟲為植物特定檢疫病害蟲，未來木材進口將加強檢驗，避免無意中夾帶傳染病進入台灣。