Did you know there was once a craze for Taiwanese pork in Japan? Taiwan produces some 10 million head of swine per year, and for a time sold many of those animals to Japan. But that was before 1998's sudden outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) brought pork exports to a grinding halt.
台灣一年生產 1,000 萬頭豬，「台灣豬」一度風靡日本，不料 1998 年卻因爆發口蹄疫而終止出口。