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New UK border campaign warns of threat of African swine fever | |
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2019-07-31 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | Defra announces new poster campaign warning holidaymakers of the risks around bringing contaminated pork products into the UK. ![]() Healthy pigs in the mud A new campaign was launched today (31 July) at the UK’s border to help keep the damaging animal disease African swine fever (ASF) out of the country. The disease, which poses no threat to human health but is fatal for pigs, has already spread widely across Asia – including China and Vietnam – and parts of Central and Eastern Europe. Cases have also been reported throughout Sub Saharan Africa. This has led to the deaths of over 800,000 pigs and wild boar in Europe and an estimated four million pigs in Asia, causing global pork prices to rise. If the disease was found in this country, it could have a devastating impact on the UK’s commercial pig stock of five million pigs, as well as the trade of our pork products. The main ways that the disease can spread are:
Today’s new campaign aims to safeguard the UK’s pork and pig industries by targeting anyone who has the potential to introduce African swine fever to the UK. It includes a new poster campaign, which will be introduced to UK airports and ports throughout the summer, to raise awareness of the disease and the risks of bringing back contaminated products. UK Border officials enforce controls at the border on illegal meat by searching freight, passengers and luggage and will seize and destroy illegally imported meat products. Lord Gardiner, Minister for Biosecurity, said:
The Chief Veterinary Officers from the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, said:
Dr Zoë Davies, Chief Executive of the National Pig Association, said:
Find out more about how to spot and report the disease.
Published 31 July 2019
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来源平台 | gov.uk-Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
文献类型 | 新闻 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/216583 |
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