Responding to these concerns in his 10 October National Day speech, President Ma Ying-jeou said Taiwan would strengthen food safety controls and would not allow fear of food to choke off other cross-strait exchanges.
對此，總統馬英九在雙十國慶演講中特別聲明，我方持續加強食品安全控管之餘，絕不會因噎廢食而緊縮兩岸交流。