Dong Xoai destroys 781kg of pork infected with African swine fever

BPO - The interdisciplinary team of Dong Xoai city has just destroyed all the spoiled pork that tested positive for African swine fever virus. This amount of pork was previously seized at the illegal processing facility of Ms. To Thi Buoi in Tan Tra 1 neighborhood, Tan Binh ward.

Dong Xoai City's interdisciplinary team inspected all spoiled pork that tested positive for African swine fever virus (before destroying it).

Previously, on April 30, the Economic Police Department, Binh Phuoc Provincial Police, in coordination with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and other relevant agencies inspected the facility and discovered 781 kg of pork of unknown origin and without a quarantine certificate. The pork was declared to have been purchased by Ms. Buoi from Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong (Tan Xuan Ward, Dong Xoai City) and a business household at Binh Dien Market (Ho Chi Minh City). Through testing, a sample of meat in the shipment tested positive for African swine fever virus.

The amount of spoiled pork that tested positive for African swine fever virus before being destroyed by the interdisciplinary inspection team of Dong Xoai city.

On May 8, the People's Committee of Dong Xoai city issued a decision to announce African swine fever in Tan Xuan ward. Accordingly, the epidemic area is identified in Tan Xuan ward and the threatened area within a 3km radius of Tan Thien ward, Tan Binh ward, Tan Phu ward, Tan Dong ward, Tien Hung commune and Tan Phuoc commune of Dong Phu district.

On May 1, the authorities continued to take samples at Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong's household and determined that there was another serum sample positive for the African swine fever virus. Immediately after that, all infected pigs and related products were destroyed according to regulations. The remaining 25 pigs that tested negative were required to be transported to a centralized slaughterhouse and were only allowed to be consumed domestically within the city.

781kg of pork of unknown origin, without quarantine certificate, spoiled and positive for African swine fever virus was destroyed.

The City Agricultural Service Center has coordinated with the People's Committees of Tan Binh and Tan Xuan wards to disinfect and sterilize the epidemic area. At the same time, this unit recommended that the Department of Agriculture and Environment advise the Dong Xoai City People's Committee to promptly announce the epidemic according to Circular No. 07/2016/TT-BNNPTNT to have a basis for implementing timely and effective prevention measures.

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