After the government last week announced a one-month ban on the use of kitchen waste as swine feed, starting Wednesday, the Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday said it is working with the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on food waste treatment issues. The council imposed the ban after police in New Taipei City on Aug. 18 seized 71kg of pork jerky and sausages smuggled from Vietnam which were contaminated with the African swine fever virus. The virus can be transmitted to pigs through food waste if it is not cooked at 90°C for more than an hour, the council said. The