Pursuant to Notification No.0460/DLF, dated 25 February 2019, there is an outbreak of ASF in China and Vietnam. World Organisation for Animal and Health (OIE) reported that ASF is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease of pigs, the organism which causes ASF is a DNA virus of the Asfarviridae family With high virulence forms of the virus, ASF is characterized by high fever, loss of appetite, haemorrhages in the skin and internal organs, and death in 2-10 days on average. Mortality rates may be as high as 100%.
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Therefore, the Department of Livestock and Fisheries notified as follow:
- Department of Livestock and Fisheries shall coordinate with border checkpoints in order to notify authorities, entrepreneurs, and people for the implementation of this notification.
- The provinces bordering with China and Vietnam shall stop temporary importing all kind of pork products from China for its domestic consumption.
- Provincial Livestock and Fisheries Office shall coordinate with concerned sectors in order to plan the need for domestic pig production aims at reducing imports.
In case, inspectors at border checkpoint found pork products from China, the products will be restrained in accordance with laws and regulations.
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