China Seen Temporarily Restricting U.S. Pig Imports
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China, the world’s largest pork consumer, has put “temporary restrictions” on imports of U.S. pigs to prevent a swine disease from spreading to its herds, according to the Livestock Exporters Association of the USA.
China isn’t issuing more import permits for U.S. pigs until the countries agree on testing protocol for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, said Tony Clayton, president of the group. China can resume importing “fairly quickly” as long as “the U.S. agrees to some kind of testing protocol,” Clayton said yesterday.