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Despite a marked slowdown in ASF outbreaks by Chinese officials since the first of the year, Taiwan (and other countries) continue to interdict African Swine Fever contaminated food products manufactured in China as they are carried in by travelers.
Yesterday Taiwan announced their 35th and 36th ASF-positive seizures, with products originating from Jiangsu and Heilongjiang provinces.
Jiangsu Province, which last reported an outbreak in early January, has been a frequently cited source (see here, here, and here) of ASF positive food products brought into Taiwan. It has been more than 3 months since Heilongjiang last reported an outbreak as well.
We've seen reports from other countries, including Japan, South Korea, and Australia, of their interdiction of illegal pork products at their border. And 3 weeks ago we saw the seizure of 1 million pounds of illegal pork products from China in the the United States (see USDA Statement On Seizure Of 1 Million Pounds Of Smuggled Chinese Pork).
The threat that ASF contaminated food products - whether originating from Eastern Europe or Asia - will spread the virus further is significant. An article published yesterday in Pigs Progress (see link below) describes the threat.
Preventing ASF entering Canada
Pig industry leaders and farmers alike throughout North and South America are extremely concerned that African Swine Fever will somehow infect pigs in their countries. What does Canada do to keep the virus out?(Continue . . . )
The latest ASF report from Taiwan's BAPHIQ (Bureau of Animal Plant Health Inspection & Quarantine) follows:
Ongoing monitoring of the border in mainland China pork products again detected two cases of African swine fever virus gene
Date: 2019-04-02 African swine fever Central Disaster Response Center today (2), said that pork products in mainland China once again tested positive two cases of African swine fever virus gene, reached a total of 36 cases, respectively, on October 1, 107 cases (positive rate of detection 0.6 %), Nov. 2 (1.1%), December 4 (2.2%), 108 January 11 patients (6.2%), February 11 patients (8.0%), March 5 (3.9%), April detected two cases, the detection rate is still high.
Response Center said that the first 35 cases by the Prevention and Quarantine Bureau of Hsinchu Branch collected from courier violation cases on March 28 to send samples are dried pork mainland China Jiangsu production; the first 36 cases are also sent by the Hsinchu branch on March 28 kind, mainland China from Hong Kong nationals to carry passengers illegal mainland Chinese pork sausage produced in Heilongjiang Province, the traveler industry cut penalty 20 million, due to inability to pay off fines and was immediately refused entry.
Council of Agriculture Animal Health Research such samples detected by sequencing confirmed that the gene fragment sequences and gene fragments mainland China similarity of African swine fever virus strains up to 100%, indicating that visitors from mainland China to carry the entry of pork products, the spread of African swine fever the risk is very high.
Response Center called on the people not to carry animal and plant products immigration, foreign net purchases of meat and do not send Taiwan, and offenders will be subject to heavy penalties, do not defy the law.
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| Heilongjiang Province is the production of pork ham |
