Vietnam bans pig, pork import from neighborhood as epidemic rages
The Vietnamese government ordered Friday an immediate halt to import of pork and live pigs from countries in the region which are being ravaged by a fatal swine disease.
An emergency communication from the Prime Minister has instructed federal government agencies to work with provinces bordering the affected countries, including China, to crack down on smuggling of pork and pigs.
Animal health and market management agencies have been ordered to tightly screen the trade of pig and pork.
“If live pigs and pork products are found originating from those countries, they must be confiscated and destroyed immediately," the communication said. Besides, the importers involved would have to pay for destroying them.
The deadly pig-borne disease had so far infected 208 people in Sichuan province in southwest China, Chinese health authorities said Friday, adding the death toll was 38.
Experts say butchering and eating infected pork is the only way for humans to contract the disease.
An emergency communication from the Prime Minister has instructed federal government agencies to work with provinces bordering the affected countries, including China, to crack down on smuggling of pork and pigs.
Animal health and market management agencies have been ordered to tightly screen the trade of pig and pork.
“If live pigs and pork products are found originating from those countries, they must be confiscated and destroyed immediately," the communication said. Besides, the importers involved would have to pay for destroying them.
The deadly pig-borne disease had so far infected 208 people in Sichuan province in southwest China, Chinese health authorities said Friday, adding the death toll was 38.
Experts say butchering and eating infected pork is the only way for humans to contract the disease.
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